iilO NARRATIVE OF THE MUTINY, &c. 



the 22d of December : the particulars will be found in the fol- 

 lowing General Orders; 



James's Toivn, 2^d December, 1811. 



GENERAL ORDERS. 



" On Friday last, when it was reported to the Governor that 

 no supplies of potatoes had been sent to market, and that con- 

 siderable inconvenience was, in consequence, felt by the soldiers 

 in garrison, he instantly adopted the only measure which was 

 practicable for removing that inconvenience. Accordingly, a 

 Proclamation * was issued, which, he has no doubt, will secure 

 supplies of that necessary article of food, in sufficient quantity to 

 meet the imports of flour and rice that are hourly expected. 



'• The Governor's consideration for the comforts of the soldiers, 

 was again manifested, by the orders that were immediately issued, 

 for a Court of Inquiry to assemble, for the purpose of investigat- 

 ing the real and true causes of the inconvenience complained of. 

 On Saturday evening he was furnished with the proceedings of 

 the Court ; by which he plainly perceived, that for want of pota- 

 toes having been sent to market, and a premeditated design to 

 make complaints, a temporary inconvenience was created. Never- 

 theless, he felt every inclination to remove it; for, when it was 

 reported on Sunday morning, that there was no bread in the 

 messes, he immediately ordered twenty bushels of potatoes from 

 Plantation-house farm to be sent to James's Town. 



" The Governor natm'ally hoped that such dispositions, to 

 relieve as much as lay in his power, under present circumstances, 

 the wants of the soldiers, would have been received as testimonies 

 of his solicitude to promote their comforts. But how different 

 was the reception ! Some of the men made purchases in the 



* Appendix, A. 



