Lord Lyons to Mr. Seward.
Sir: I lost no time in communicating to the governor general of Canada the note dated the 13th instant, in which you did me the honor to inform me that you considered it possible that John C. Braine and others, fugitives from the justice of the United States, might have taken refuge in Canada, and that you would therefore ask that the necessary measures should be taken by the Canadian authorities for their extradition, in pursuance of the 10th article of the treaty of Washington.
The governor general has informed me, in reply, that he has referred this application to the law officers of the crown in Canada for their report.
The governor general had not any reason to suppose that any of the persons named had come within Canadian jurisdiction.
I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your most obedient humble servant,
Hon. William H. Seward, &c., &c., &c.