The correspondent of the Standard at Heidelberg, the new capital
of the Transvaal, telegraphs on April 16th that the Volksraad had met, and that the leaders, Kruger, Jonbert, and. Pretorius, have been invested with powers to meet the British Commission, and do the best they can for the Republic. Some discontent was expressed with the terms of peace, and a very general feeling was displayed that it would be better to fight, than to surrender any territory. The field commandants hare, indeed, signed a round-robin, addressed to the Commission, in which they state that any cession of territory will be dangerous to peace, and will be rejected by the people. The leaders have issued an address, adjuring the Boers to abstain for a time from polities, but we do not feel quite sure that they are dis- inclined to have their hands strengthened by evidence of popular determination. The British Government, while granting everything conceded, should from the first make it clear that it has no intention of being beaten from point to point.
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