Mr. Seward to Lord Lyons.
The Secretary of State, having taken into consideration the copy of a report of the 13th ultimo, addressed to his honor Major General Doyle, administrator of the government of Nova Scotia, by Attorney General J. W. Johnston, giving a summary of the result of the evidence in the cases of Doctors Almon and Smith, and Mr. Keith, charged with having obstructed the execution of a warrant issued by the mayor of Halifax against George Wade and others, and the printed copy of a phonographic report of the testimony contained in a supplement to the Halifax Reporter, both of which papers were left at the Department of State by Lord Lyons yesterday, finds that there are passages in the former which seem to call for comment; but the comment will be reserved until it is known whether the Chesapeake will be restored to its owners, any one of the pirates arrested and surrendered, or whether any one of the rescuers shall receive the punishment due to his course, as atonement to the United States.