The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-12 00:00:00

[The following appeared in our Third Edition of '
Saturday night :—]
SPAIN.
The following is the official account of the recep-
tion of Lord Howden:—
" Lord Howden, the new English Ambassador at
Madrid, was received with the usual ceremonies, in pri-
vate audience, by the Queen of Spain in the evening of
the 3d, to precent his credentials. He was accompanied
by Mr. Otway, Secretary of Legation, and Mr. Elliot,
an attach 4, as also by one of his friends, Mr. Middleton.
He addressed the Queen as follows:
" • I have the honour to present to your Majesty the
letter of my Sovereign nominating me her Envoy Extra-
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of
your Majesty. At any time, and on any occasion 'should
have considered this nomination as a high honour and a
great personal recompense; but at the present moment,
after a suspension of diplomatic relations eq4ally lamented
by the two Governments, and now happily terminated in
a manner honourable to both, it is to me particularly '
agreeable to be charged to renew relations, the intimacy '
of which I confidently hope will never be changed. If I
have arrived at a moment in which in common with all
the loyal subjecrs of your Majesty, I lament the disap-
pointment of our earnest hope. I, on the other, am fillA
with satisfaction at seeing that your Mal.sty has re-
covered your perfect health; and I offer to your Ma-
jesty the sincere wishes of my country that Providence
will henceforth not refuse anything which may contri-
bute to augment your domestic felicity and to promote
the welfare of your people. Your Majssty may confide
in my sincere and persevering effirts to increase and
consolidate the amicable sentiments which ought never to
have been interrupted between the two countries, which
in critical moments have had, and still have, so many
lively sympathies and so many common interests. In
the duties I am called on to fulfil, I have the conviction
that I shall receive from the servants of your Majesty
all kind of co-operation and support, that in me they
will see not only the representative of an old and
faithful ally, but a companion who had the happy
privilege of following the banners of your Majesty in
the field of battle, and who was a witness of the brilliant
valour and the indomitable efforts displayed in defence
of your Majesty by your noble and loyal army. Under
such circumstances, your Majesty will easily believe that
I cordially participate in the sentiments which my So-
vereign and her people entertain in favour of the estab-
lishment of the throne of your Majesty and the prosperity
of Spain.' "
"The Queen replied—
" • I receive with great satisfaction the letters which
accredited you to my government as Envoy Extraor-
dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of my august ally
the Queen of Great Britain, and this act is doubly ac-
ceptable to me from the consideration that it completes
and happily terminates the state of interruption of
the diplomatic relations between the two countries,
which, has prevailed—an interruption which we all
have deplored with oval sincerity, and which fortu-
nately hat not in the least impaired the mutual esteem
and the ancient connexions which fraternally united
both nations. lam really gratified, my Lord, in seeing
that you join in the feeling of regret tor the unhappy
event to which you allude, which still engrosses my
heart and those of my faithful subjects. It is for this
alone we have to pray to Providence, and await with
resignation the fulfilment of our wishes at some future
period. As to the desire which animates you of contri-
buting to strengthen the bonds of amity which unite both
nations, I have full confidence in the belief that your
efforts will not be inefficacious, as I can assure you the
sincere and friendly attention of my Government in
cultivating sympathy and good understanding between
the two courts will offer you ample means of success in
so important and advantageous an object. It gives me
also great pleasure, my. Lord, to see that so noble a
charge has been entrusted by your Sovereign to a person
like you, who aids to his personal merit the circum-
stance of having had the opportunity of witnessing the
loyalty of my people, and the valour of my soldiers.' "
Lord Howden was then introduced to the apartment
of the King. to whom he delivered an autograph
letter of her Britannic Majesty. •