The Secretary of State, to whom has been referred the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 31st ultimo, requesting the President “to communicate to that House, if not incompatible with the public interest, any correspondence with the Government of France and any dispatches received from the minister of the United States at Paris, not hitherto communicated to the House, in relation to the failure of the French Government to carry into effect any stipulation of the treaty of the 4th day of July, 1831,” has the honor to report to the President that as far as is known to the Department no correspondence has taken place with the Government of France since that communicated to the House on the 27th December last.  The Secretary is not aware that the dispatches received from the minister of the United States at Paris present any material fact which does not appear in the correspondence already transmitted.  He nevertheless incloses so much of those dispatches written subsequently to the commencement of the present session of the French Chambers as may serve to shew the state of the business to which they relate since that time, and also that portion of an early dispatch which contains the substance of the assurances made to him by His Majesty the King of the French at a formal audience granted to him for the purpose of presenting his credentials, and he submits for the President’s consideration whether the residue can consistently with the public interest be now laid before the House.

JOHN FORSYTH.

Mr. Livingston to the Secretary of State of the United States.

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PARIS, October 4, 1833.

SIR:  On Monday I presented my letter of credence to the King, on which occasion I made the address to him a copy of which is inclosed.

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His answer was long and earnest.  I can not pretend to give you the words of it, but in substance it was a warm expression of his good feeling toward the United States for the hospitality he had received there, etc. ...  “As to the convention,” he said, “assure your Government that unavoidable circumstances alone prevented its immediate execution, but it will be faithfully performed.  Assure your Government of this,” he repeated, “the necessary laws will be passed at the next meeting of the Chambers.  I tell you this not only as King, but as an individual whose promise will be fulfilled.”

Mr. Livingston to the Secretary of State.

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PARIS, November 22, 1834.

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