§ THE EARL OF ELLENBOROUGHsaid, that on the 29th of June last, when speaking of the disturbances at Meerut, he stated in that House, on information which he had received from the newspapers, that Her Majesty's Carbineers were unable to move until nightfall, although the outbreak took place at six p.m. Since then he had received a letter from Colonel Custance, commander of the Carbineers, in which that officer stated that in "Half-an-hour after the first intimation of the mutiny, though totally unprepared, and labouring under the disadvantage that the horses had only recently arrived, and were totally unknown to the men, chiefly consisting of recruits and volunteers, I marched with three squadrons. We were unfortunately led in the wrong direction by Major Waterfield, the assistant adjutant general, and did not arrive on the proper ground until 132 dark; but, for this, I think neither myself nor the regiment were to blame. We were strangers in India and to the station, and I did not know that we were wanted there. As it was, we arrived on the ground only a few minutes after the rifles and artillery. I trust to your Lordship's sense of justice to give the true version of the case the same publicity as your previous statement."