. T WO grave events are reported this week from Russia,
both of which, we fear, are opposed to the hopes of moderate reformers. A mutiny of both sailors and , soldiers has occurred at Vladivostok, leading to much , bloodshed and incendimism ; and the Government has deter- mined on a policy of forcible repression in Poland. The details of the former occurrence are still wanting, but it seems that the sailors rebelled against the quality of their food, the money for which had probably been embezzled ; that the soldiers were ordered to quell the movement; and that part of them joined the mutineers. The remainder remaining loyal, fierce fighting commenced, during which many lives were lost, and the fortress passed into the possession of the mutineers, from fear of whom the merchant- men put out to the open sea- For some reason as yet unexplained, but probably the usual desire of loot, an attack was made on the Chinese population, who were massacred and their quarter burned. According to the latest telegrams, order has been restored, but whether through a victory of the "loyalists," or a compromise effected by the authorities, is not yet clear. The importance of the incident consists
• in the fact that the mutinous temper of the fleet, which is universal, and of part of the soldiery, has spread into Siberia, where there are no means of supporting authority except through the armed forces of the State, who can only be partially relied on. The administration of the whole Empire, in Asia as well as in Europe, is honeycombed with fierce discontents, which at any moment may blaze out in active, and usually most destructive, revolts.
The event in Poland is more serious still. The Russian ' Government has become convinced, partly by the rioting in the towns, and partly, it seems certain, by remonstrances from 'Berlin, that a general insurrection is contemplated in Poland.
