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" Edgevvorth, who are to be hanged by the neck until they are 



" dead." 



" The sentences upon the other prisoners, Wilsey, Seager, and 



" Kitchen, are remitted." 



ALEX. BEATSON. 



E. S. BROUGHTON. 



W. W. DOVETON. 



ROBERT LEECH. 



" It was the intention of the Governor that the execution, 

 yesterday evening, of these unhappy men, should have taken 

 place in presence of the whole of the garrison, assembled upon 

 the Side-path : but as the trials lasted mucli longer than was ex- 

 pected, and as the state of atFairs required that immediate exam- 

 ples should be made,' they were accordingly hanged at sun-set, 

 at High Knoll. The Governor sincerely hopes that these awful 

 examples will prove a salutary lesson and warning to those who 

 may still be inclined to persevere in the atrocious crimes of mu- 

 tiny and rebellion ; and that they may effectually put a stop to 

 that spirit of disaffection and combination which has, for some 

 days past, infatuated a number of the soldiers of the St. Helena 

 regiment. 



" The Governor has been informed, there are reports prevalent 

 of further attempts being in contemplation for the purpose of sub- 

 verting authority, seizing his person, and releasing the prisoners, 

 he therefore thinks it again necessary, to apprize those who may 

 entertain such illusive hopes, that any attempt will infallibly 

 prove equally abortive, as that which was made on the night 

 between the 23d and 24th instant ; for whilst he is supported in 

 the manner he has happily been, during the late conflict, it will 

 be totally impossible to make any impression on the post he has 

 occupied ; and in regard to such hopes as were entertained by the 



