The Emperor NICHOLAS has, by a ukase dated the 13th
December, appointed General DIERITSCH generalissimo of the army destined to act against Poland. The same document declares the governments of Grodno, Wilna, Minsk, Podolia, Volhynia, and the province of Byalistock, in a slate of war. The army will, it is said, consist of 160,000 men ; it will be accompanied by the Emperor, who intends to quit Petersburg for that purpose, on the 14th inst. The Berlin papers quote a proclamation, dated St. Petersburg, 17th December, in which the following conditions are offered to the Poles as the immutable resolves of their father and sovereign.
" I. The Russians who are detained prisoners shall be set at liberty. "2. The Council of Administration shall resume its functions, as instituted in 1826. The authorities, civil and military, shall obey its orders, and not acknowledge any illegitimate authority. "4. The chief of corps of the army shall assemble the troops, and shalt direct their course with them to the rendezvous at Plozn.
"5. At the same time, they will inform us of the state of the troops. "6. All who shall not conform to this military order, shall cease their functions, and be declared dismissed."
The proclamation concludes— "I will not spurn from me those who regret the error of a moment, and who will return to their duty ; but never shall I address men with out honour and faith, who have conspired against the tranquillity of thei
country. What concessions can they imagine they will receive with. „
arms in their hands ? They deceive themselves. Traitors of their countryt....1,:; the misfortunes which they have drawn down will fall again upon their' own heads !" p Oh! for the breath 'of that wind which blew in the face of Sen-11/, nachesib, to lay the vatintings of this spoiler of men! The Pole are active and resolute, and CHLOPICKI is again installed with ample authority; but we fear the wishes of the insurgents go be.; yond their ability. Among other signs of the times, seven new journals have appeared since the revolution :—we take an interest in-their names—the Conscientious Pole, the Spy, the Patriot, the Standard-bearer, the White Eagle, the Sarmatian Sybil, and the Bard of Free Poland.
