The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-13 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

LISBNO, April 3.
This afternoon, at one o'clock, his Majesty re-
ceived in public audience, at the Palace of Ajuda,
Sir Charles Murray, recently appointed Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of her
Britannic Majesty to the Court of Portugal, and
afterwards the Marquis Oldoini, Envoy Extraordi-
nary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty
the King of Italy. The Ministers of State and high
officials were present.

Sir Charles Murray, in placing his credentials in
the hands of his I\lajesty, said :

" I have the honour to present to your Majesty
the letters by which the Queen, my august Sove-
reign, accredits me to you, and I am happy to avail
myself of this opportunity to offer to your Majesty
the assurances of the constant friendship of the
Queen, and the expression of her sincere good
wishes for the happiness of your Majesty and your
family and for the prosperity of your kingdom. I
hope, sire, my respectful endeavours will render me
worthy of the august goodwill of your Majesty,
wherein I shall find a powerful encouragement to
carry out the object of my mission, which is to main-
tain the relations of friendship and mutual interests
which have so happily existed for so many years
between Portugal and Great Britain."
The King replied as follows :
" Sir,—l highly appreciate the reiterated proofs
I receive of the sentiments of goodwill with which
your gracious Sovereign the Queen is animated to-
wards me and all that concerns me. Anxious to
respond to them, it gives me pleasure to assure you
that all my efforts will tend to maintain unchanged
the bonds of friendship and harmony which so hap-
pily exist between the two Crowns, and that my
wishes will constantly be for the happiness of her
Britannic Majesty, and for the prosperity of the
noble nation whose destinies are entrusted to her.
It is therefore with lively satisfaction that I receive
the letters by which the Queen accredits you as her
representative at
my Court. The selection which
it has pleased her Majesty to make of a person so
recommendable by the qualities which distinguish
him, and his devotion to the service of his august
Sovereign, cannot be otherwise than agreeable to me
and guarantee to him my best wishes."
The Marquis Oldoini, in presenting his credentials,
addressed his Majesty as follows
The King,
my august Sovereign, has deigned
to accredit me as his Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to your Majesty, and to
intrust to me the honourable mission of representing
Italy in Portugal,
mission to me doubly pleasant,
as, in addition to diplomacy, it is a family mission.
The close bonds of relationship and of friendship
which have so long connected the dynasty of Savoy
with that of Braganza, now strengthened by the
august tie which connects your Majesty with a
princess of Italy, impose upon me a high duty, and
I have been especially ordered to express to your
Majesty the sincere and cordial good wishes of the
King my master. The common origin of the
two peoples, and the similarity of their insti-
tutions, render it an easy task for me to foster the
interests of the two countries, and to maintain be-
tween the two Crowns and the two Governments
that intimacy of relations which already exists,
founded upon so solid and durable a basis. The
faithful interpreter also of the sentiments of my
Sovereign and of my Government, I shall be happy,
sire, if in fulfilling my mission I may acquire the
confidence and goodwill of your Majesty, and make
myself acceptable to your Government and useful
to both countries. I have the honour to place in
your august hands the royal letters which accredit
me as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary to your Majesty."
The King replied as follows
" Monsieur le Ministre,—l have heard with ex-
treme pleasure the sentiments which his Majesty the
King of Italy has deigned to express to me, and for
which lam most grateful. Convinced of the lively
interest which your august Sovereign entertains for
as also for the welfare of
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and those relations
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which ycu have so happily alluded, and from which
I am convinced good will arise for both, in conse-
quence of the similarity of their political institu-
tions and sentiments. As regards yourself, AI le
Ministre, I am happy to see his Majesty the King
of Italy represented at my Court by a gentleman
im
worthy
yted to him. All these
whose personal gifts and devoted services to his
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circumstances combined cannot fail to assure to
youmy esteem and goodwill and the best reception
on the part of my Government."