I am happy to evince my high sense of the humane and intrepid conduct of Captain Beziers by presenting his case to Congress, to whom alone it belongs to determine upon the expediency of granting his request. M. VAN BUREN. WASHINGTON, _March 13, 1838_. The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17th of February, I transmit a report[23] of the Secretary of State, with the accompanying documents, which contain the information requested. M. VAN BUREN. [Footnote 23: Relating to a ship canal across the Isthmus of Darien.] WASHINGTON, _March 14, 1838_. The PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE: I transmit to the Senate a treaty of commerce and navigation between the United States and His Majesty the King of Greece, concluded at London on the 22d day of December last, together with a copy of the documents relating to the negotiation of the same, for the constitutional consideration of the Senate in reference to its ratification. M. VAN BUREN. WASHINGTON, _March 15, 1838_. _To the House of Representatives of the United States_: In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, I transmit a report[24] from the Secretary of State, to whom the resolution was referred, with the documents by which the said report was accompanied. M. VAN BUREN. [Footnote 24: Relating to the prosecution of the claim of the United States to the bequest made by James Smithson.] WASHINGTON, _March, 1838_. _To the House of Representatives of the United States_: I transmit a copy and translation of a letter from Mr. Pontois, the minister plenipotentiary from France to this Government, addressed to the Secretary of State, and communicating a memorial to me from the trustees of the former house of Lafitte & Co., of Paris, complaining of the rejection of a claim preferred in behalf of that house before the commissioners under the convention with France of the 4th of July, 1831, and asking redress. The commission created by the act for carrying that convention into effect has expired. The fund provided by it has been distributed among those whose claims were admitted. The Executive has no power over the subject. If the memorialists are entitled to relief, it can be granted by Congress alone, to whom, in compliance with the request of the trustees, that question is now submitted for decision. M. VAN BUREN. WASHINGTON, _March 19, 1838_. _To the House of Representatives of the United States_: I transmit a report[25] from the Secretary of State, to whom the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant was referred, with the documents by which the said report was accompanied. M. VAN BUREN. [Footnote 25: Relating to high duties and restrictions on tobacco imported into foreign countries from the United States, etc.] WASHINGTON, _March 20, 1838_. _To the Senate of the United States_: