The correspondent of the Daily Mail at Kieff, telegraphing to
Friday's paper, gives an account of a movement of the peasantry of Central Russia which, if confirmed, may prove of the utmost moment. An army of three thousand peasants with carts is, he states, advancing from the Orlovka district in a south-westerly direction, burning and looting estates as it progresses. The peasants have already sacked eighteen estates, burning whatever they could not carry off; and several sugar factories, including one belonging to the Crown, have also been destroyed. Troops, the correspondent adds, are being sent out " to check the invaders." We wonder whether the peasants have arms. If they have not, and if the soldiers do not allow them to take their arms, this beginning of a jacquerie will, no doubt, soon be stamped out. A letter which we publish in another column affords some evidence, however, that the soldiers may not much longer be restrained from fraternising with the people.
