Complex sentence: While Rochussen had been glad to see him go, back in the Netherlands van Hoëvell fared better politically: "the acceptance of his forced resignation was canceled" and he was cleared of any wrongdoing in the events of May 1848.
Split into simpler sentences: While Rochussen had been glad to see him go, back in the Netherlands van Hoëvell fared better politically. "The acceptance of his forced resignation was canceled" and he was cleared of any wrongdoing in the events of May 1848.