DR. CAMERONasked the Secretary of State for War, Whether it is true that glanders has spread among the horses of the Artillery and the 7th Dragoon Guards; and, whether there is any reason to believe that the disease was communicated by association with glandered horses of the Indian Contingent in Egypt?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTON,in reply, said, that two horses of the 7th Dragoon Guards and one of the Artillery, besides six animals in other Corps, had been destroyed, for glanders in Egypt. These troops were encamped on, or adjacent to, ground previously occupied by the Bengal Cavalry; and it was reputed, after the Lancers' return to India, that some of their horses or baggage ponies had been destroyed for glanders when picketed on this ground. The question had been referred to India for investigation.