MR. HARVEY LEWISasked the Under Secretary of State for the Colo- 1260 nies, Whether he has any objection to lay upon the Table of the House Copy of the Despatches received from Sir Henry Barkly the High Commissioner of the Cape Colony, relative to the disputes with the Orange Free State Government?
§ MR. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSENsaid, in reply, that there had been from time to time much correspondence with respect to proposed negotiations with the Orange Free State, and also with the Trans-Vaal Republic. As these negotiations were still in progress, it would be inconvenient to publish any correspondence at the present moment. He might say, however, that the latest intelligence was of a peaceful and satisfactory nature.