The memorial pre e«nted by th* delegates contained detailed deniali of many of the statements made by S:r T. Sheiatone, and asserted generally that most of the allegations brought against their Govern ment we»e characterised by gro« exagg -ration. Among their moßt effeotivo i epliei was a, com plaint of the notion of England on the annexa tion of the Diamond-fields in 18G9 Notwith ■t&'tdinf? that the convention entered into with tho Tia isvml, when its independence was granted m 1854, prohibited the sile of arm? by th» B- er* to tbe natives atiywher* within tbac territory, the British authorities allowed an unrestricted traffic in this commodity nt'the Fit Ids; and it is *stimated that over 200,000 itATiri of firfHravi were tniu t-upplied to hostile nnti^e «n the very borders of the Republic. Ab the import duty was 10a a barrel, it is msily understood th»t ! he temptation to avail them selves of *o pro ific a source of revenue was paramount with the British authorities ; but they have now themselves to c intend with the tery power which they have had a large hand In placing withio. the reach of the natives. The proteetn and remonstrances of the Boer dele gates were, however, unavailing, and the Im perial Government still retains that very dubious acquisition— the Transvaal.- The majority of the objection on which the retention of the Orange River sovereignty was opposed, and eventually abandoned in 1854, are equally ap plicable to the Transvaal. Its poverty, its expente, the paucity within its borders of tattlers of British descent, all make it a very undesirable possession fcr England, and one which only tbe sternest necessity could justify her in undertaking. The Boars bav^ always refused, and Still refuse, to acquiesce in the'r | conVfrnon into British subjects ; and though thflL.ootnmon danger now impending has com- J pelted them to join with tbe recognised authori ties for pu'pwts o f defet-ca, we may rely upon | it that the old restless spirit of independence which has carried them from Cape Colony to Natal, the Orange, and the Transvaal succes sively, will reassert itself whenever the native difficulties leave them free for its' indulgence. Eveanow. 