VrtlanIt.—The Czar has appointed a new and unknown man, Count
Lambert, Governor of Poland, with instructions to try conciliation on the Poles. The terms of his appointment are the following: " Count Lambert,—I have appointed you Stadtholder in the king- dom of Poland. With full confidence I commission you to use the proper means for the realization of the institutions bestowed upon the realm by virtue of my ukase of the 26th March. I fully confide in the enlightened and reasonable inhabitants of the kingdom, and I hope they will comprehend that a higher degree of independence in the various branches of the Administration cannot be obtained by re- bellion, which necessarily prevents the execution of my benevolent designs, but must be striven after in the course of a gradual progress, and by means of the institutions alluded to. I command you to secure the co-operation of honest and able men, in order that the real wants of my beloved subjects may find expression in a select circle of intelligent and well-meaning citizens ; and that they may not be pre- sented to me in the delusive form recently resorted to by the enemies of order and quiet. Be • careful to consolidate the peace of the country, and I shall have great pleasure in consigning to oblivion the disagreeable events of the past. The love and the confidence of the nation of Poland will be returned by me with equal love and confi- dence on my own part."
The conciliatory instructions and vague promises of greater con. stitutional freedom which General Count Lambert is authorized to give have not as yet done much to conciliate the Poles.
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