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oEEkN HICToRLh III.
she IL Completely Frustrated By tho Trou.
bic with the Grenn adler Gnnrda.

bile with the Grenadter Guards.
LONDON. July 23.-Advlces from Osborne
where the Queen lie now stopping, say that her
Majesty Is completely Frustrated by the trou-
BILE with the guards. She has always regarded
the Grenadiers az the cclat OF her household
troops, and their mutiny came upon her as a
shock.
For the past week she has been in hourly tel
eGiaphic communication with the War Oflice
and has insisted upon being kept informed
upon every phase OF the movement.
Before leaving Windsor for Osborne che
summoned the Duke OF Cambridge. Lord
Wolseey. and six other leading Generals in
Extraordinary Council to explain the doplor-
able Incidents. The Queen insisted upon their
suggesting remedies, which she will see car
ricd out, and has expressed her determination
TO probe the Rtievence Of the men to the bot
tom.
She was forcible in her denunciation OF the
army system that could permit the dssatisfac-
ton of the men growing 10 point OF mutiny
without receiving some attention and consid-
Grafton.
LONDON. July 23.-The London Times OF this
morning, discussing editorially the trouble
with the Grenadier Guards says:
ny the time these lines are before our read
ere he second Battalion OF GrenaGier Guards
VIII have accumulated tho first stage of their
Journey to bermuda. It is unusual to send the
guards upon service In time OF peace and this
deDartnre from the rule will doubtless he ielt
rs serious Inconvenience to the officers aud
men.
Every one however capable Of the simple
ratiocnative process, will readily comprehend
coptional treatment. In disobeyinE tho order
70 parade on the It'll of this mouth. tho Grena-
dIsT Guards we're guilty Of gross HsaS
BY the ,circums,ance that, only u few
days earlier he battalion had been IN IN,
spected by the Nalor-l ieneral commanding the
Home District when the men had II full oppor,
tunity to make known in the manner provided
grievances they may have believed themselves
A.further aRgravation Is found in the fact,
which came out in the course Of the inquiry.
that the entirely ineXcusable demonstration
OF the Seventh was not a sudden oulburst OF
certed. On the other hand there wss miti,
eating circumstance which doubtless weighed
men upon the comparatively lenient charge OF
being absent from parade.
pom the all but universal absence from pa
rade becoming manifest the company. officers
went to the men rooms. tnereupon the men
followed them in q completely subordinate
that having planned and carried out demon
straNon utterly suhversiye Of military disci-
the matter any further or. In other words,
having been guilty OF fragrant characterization
they ssS sps sGp shof h 81 na
to sr than hS
ishment severe in relation to the actual charge.
although light in relation to the charges that
might have heen formulated. The state OF at
fairs revealed by this unfortunate occurrence
cannot have been established without serious
faults or indiscretions or omissions, or a COM
bipatton Of all three.
THAT this is fully recognized by the Com
mander- IN: Chief e sufficiently shown BY the
to the officers and men Of the offending bat
talon. With what was probably an uneon-
leReonaries by calling them Quirtes. the
Duke OF Cambridge told the battalion that
he could no longer speak OF them as
Guards. since they had brought disgrace upon
what he had till then regarded as the finest
regiment In the service; He pointed out to the
mon that they had made no complaint IN the
proper manner. and severely censured the nom
mssioned officers for their failure to make
known the existence OF discomfort. OF which
they must have been aware. All his coudem-
nation, though inevitable and necessary.
would nevertheless have been felt to be at
once harsh and incomplete had not the author
tiles gone to the root OF the matter hy relieving
Col Maitland Of the command. TO nudge by
his refusal to send in his resignation except
upon conditions. the naming OF which shows
an extraord mary loose conce ption Of the higher
discipline that officer has entirely failed to I'M
derstand how greatly his management OF tho
battalion is tmpeached by these deplorable
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