238 NARRATIVE OF THE MUTINY, &c. 



interference : it gave him an opportunity of remonstrating vvitli 

 the mutineers, of knowing their sentiments, and of discover- 

 ing how .shamefully and fatally, those men have been misled by 

 some wicked and designing villains. Although the Lieutenant- 

 Governor was prevented opposing them in the first onset, yet this 

 very circumstance proved fortunate, and the arguments he made 

 use of whilst a prisoner, no doubt contributed to avert the effusion 

 of blood; and ultimately led to the suppression of those daring 

 and dangerous acts, and to the perfect re-establishment of military 

 subordination, in the space of four days, without the loss of a 

 single innocent life. 



C. R. G. HODSON, 



Town Major. 



Such are the sentiments I entertain of those officers and men 

 who were officially employed in suppressing the mutiny. But 

 there are still some others, whose merits and important services I 

 could not properly introduce in military orders, and which I am 

 not less bound in duty than in gratitude to biingto the particular 

 notice of your Honourable Court. These are some valuable 

 friends (Doctor Baildon, Messrs. Jones, Brabazon, Balcombe, 

 and Hollis), who voluntarily came forward to support me in the 

 hour of danger: and on whose zeal for the public service, as well 

 as personal attachment, I had the most perfect reliance. 



Doctor Baildon had been on duty in the fort : and had oppor- 

 tunities, some days before the mutiny broke out, of hearing what 

 was going forward. He had, indeed, reason to imagine the 

 danger to which my person was exposed, was greater than I 

 apprehended, for I declined Captain Pritchard's offer to accom- 

 pany me, and left the fort, on the evening of the ujutiny, unarmed, 

 and attended singly by my groom : but the Doctor, suspecting 



