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Show Msmitui 1 11 t.Ill.N UIIUH- It- THBdlspatche. from London are correct, tli vllidlptlue of tho llrllleh army It sadly deteriorated from Hi condition In other date. There waa n time when tho Ilrlll.h miller at Uio command of hi. superior olTlcrr woulJ walk, and a. Tennjion aya, did walk, "Into the Jawi of death ' Th. latest army account! from tha "Tight ,lttio4I V are that the Grenadier Uutrdi dleolieycd a command to ap)ear on military itndu In full marching order. Thli wat mu tiny of a serious kin I. It waienough to make tho body of tho old Iron Duka of Wellington turn In IU tomb. The (Irenadler Uuardi ara composed of the picked men ofth. Ilrlilsh Infan try. rhyatcally and Intellectually they are the flower of Kngland'a foot nol. dlen. Tire Queen' Guards, composed of two regtineata, nre utvalry troojia They, of course, stan I tinX. Most of their dutyconslst! Of burnishing their ateel culranci and their btai-11 bel- mot. They act as royal cecorta, and attend on occasion! of Htato ceremonial where her Majesty I. preaont. Tho dutle. of th. Orenadlor OnarJl are much more onerous. They are kept continually In Iondon and Dublin. 1 11 bolU places they are olinoit con-itaully con-itaully on duty. In IxmJon.tlio Hank ofKuglaud, tb. Tott.r, llucklngham I'alace and several other Important placea are uuJertb. custodianship of the, troop. About ono year .ago, tho econd battalion f tho guard! broke out Into open mutiny, and wero tent to IlermuJa, where they still remain. Th. third battalion of this regiment I. now stationed at Chelsea, lu tan-don. tan-don. A few dayi ago the order to Itarelolnfullmarchlngorder was ab-aolutely ab-aolutely rejected by many of tha men of thl liatlallon, wbllo othen alowly and sullenly took their placet 011 tho parade ground. Thu mutineer! wire pliced under arroiU A report of the alT.lr was submitted to the Duka of Cambridge, oommandelnhlef of tho Only a few dayi before the mutiny of tha guard tho men attached to a balk ry of artillery at rortimoulh also dlsolsryrd orders. Kxceaslve drilling and onerous dutlea were the grl.vame conii talned of by bo 111 brancbe of th service. It It 'laid that discontent of thla kind I retail to an alarming ex. tent In the wholo array, Thonghuent of Grenadier Guards IicODljoied cf three battailous. The first li now stationed In Dublin, tbo econd In llermuda, and tbu third, th. mutinous me, lu Iiondou. Tho Duke of Cambrld),. li colonel of the regiment regi-ment ai well ai cominaudir In chief of tho forces. Th. rtglment li part of what ara known ai tbo household trooi. Tb. Coldstream Guards aud thoHcotUGutrJs form Iho remaluder of ilia Infantry of tho household troop. Their duly li principally around the pahufx, bank! and public building!. Thli In addition to excessive drilling make, a ooldler'a duty much morelrk-aomethan morelrk-aomethan ectlvu raraalgnlug In III. field. Tho wage, of the lirlllsh toldler are very small, The ofllcen aro not of tho same tyieai thoteof tbe old atyl. whoniledliforetb. iurcbaso (yttetu waa abolished. Tho Inveitlgatloii ordered wilt no doubt dlscloie many Interesting particular!. |