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Show CRYINC FOR BEEF. The (irenadler Guards In London Wsnl More Ration. ION li in, July 23. It will be remcm bored that during tho riots caused by the police strike near How street 'two weeks ago. there was a rumor that members of the Grenadier guards had deeliued to turn out on call, and it was intimated that they were under the influence in-fluence of socialist agitators and half relxdlious. As a matter of fact tho men were simply disgruntled alxmt rations, not having brains enough to plot against her majesty the queen. Unl a court martial was assembled todav at Wellington Wel-lington barracks, presided over bv Colonel Col-onel Sterling, commandant of the Cold Stream (iuards, to try six men. tho oldest old-est of each company of the grenadiers, as representatives of the entire number. num-ber. The trial will last ev eral davs. It was rumored yesterday that the Duke of Cambridge, after conferring with Lord Wolseley, has decided to banish the eut:re regiment to Natal for tw o years. This is the lirst instance in the history of England that the guards have been sent to foreign service iu time of peace. Colonel Maitland. commanding the grenadiers, writes to the papers deuy-ing deuy-ing his reported resignation. The fact is he ha.s been removed and succeeded by Colonel F.aton. He says the grenadiers presented a petition to their commanding officer signed in bo-half bo-half of the entire body of troops at tho Wellington barracks' reciting that the average quantity of fnod received by them is insufficient, to keep body ami soul alive, and asking that in the future they shall receive what is justly their dues and what the government undoubtedly un-doubtedly intended they should receive. In strengthening their position they call the at tention of their commander to tho fact that whilo they are supposed to bo receiving three-quarters of a pound of meat they really get little more than half of this daily allowance. They also say that the thirteen pence they receive from the government per diem is nut sufficient to keep them. |