The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-10 00:00:00

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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 present his credentials. He was accompanied
by Mr. Otway, Secretary of Legation, and Mr. Elliot,
an attic)* 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 M.ijesty. 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 equally 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 m which in common with all
the loyal subjects of your Majesty, I lament the disap-
pointment ot our earnest hope, I, on the ether, am fil,cl
with satisfaction at seeing that your Majesty has re-
covered your perfect health; and I offer to your Ma-
jesty the sincere wishes of my country that Providence
will henceforth not refirie anything which may contri-
bute to augment your domestic felicity and to promote
the welfare cf your people. Your M .jssty may confide
in my sincere and persevering eff arts to increase and
eunsulidate the amicable sentiments which ought never to
have been iuterrupted between the two countries, which
in critical moments have had, and still have, so many
lively sympathies and so many common interests. Ia
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 tnat
I cordially participate in the sentiments which my So-
vereign and ner people entertain At favour ot the estsb-
• 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 equal sincerity, and which fortu-
nately has 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 for the unhappy
event to wnich 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-
but itig to► strengthen the bonds of amity which unite both
nations, I have full confidence in the belief that your
. efforts Will not be inefficacious, asl 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 bad the opi,ortuuity 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.