Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 15th instant, enclosing a copy of a report addressed to you by the United States consul at Leeds, with regard to a statement, without names or dates, made in his office by a gentleman, whose name is not given, concerning mail-bags alleged to have been found on board a vessel captured for breach of blockade. I will forward copies of your note and its enclosure to her Majesty’s government.
I have the honor to be, with high consideration, sir, your most obedient, humble servant,
Hon. William H. Seward, &c., &c., &c.