No. 485.
Mr. Mantilla to Mr. Evarts.
Saratoga, July 12, 1878.
The undersigned, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Spain, has the honor to inform the honorable Secretary of State of the United States that he received yesterday evening a telegram from the minister of state at Madrid, in which the latter orders him to express the gratitude of His Majesty the King to the President of the Republic and the Government of the United States for their telegram of condolence on account of the death of Her Majesty Queen Maria Mercedes Orleans y Borbon, and for the authorization given to Mr. Lowell to represent them at the funeral ceremonies of the 17th.
The undersigned avails himself of this occasion to renew to the Hon. William M. Evarts the assurances of his most distinguished consideration.