All the accounts which have arrived in the course of
the week from different parts of Europe respecting the affairs of Poland, commence by complaining of the vague and unsatisfactory nature of the information from that quarter. It has been stated that the Russian General gained possession of Warsaw by capitulation on the 26th of last month. On the other hand, we learn that nego- tiations have been re-opened, and that there is a probability of a favourable issue. The Poles are said to consent to the admission of a number of Russian troops into the kingdom ; which, how- ever, is not to exceed the number of the Polish national army. Their troops are to be under the command of a Russian general, who is to be himself under the orders of ta Viceroy chosen- by the Poles, and approved by the Russian Emperor. It appears pretty certain that no engagement had taken place between the Russians and Poles up to the 23rd. There is reason to believe that the Governments of France and England are exerting themselves to the utmost in the way of me- diation between the Emperor and his brave antagonists. The Polish insurrection has been marked by features which have distinguished it from all late attempts of the kind. It is diffi- cult to believe that a nation animated with a noble resolve to ven- ture all—blood, treasure, nay their very existence, in a national cause, will not carry its point.
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