NARRATIVE OF THE MUTINY, &c. 285 



Tri^ of Serjeant Lassells. 



Island St. Helena, S\st December, 1811. 



At a General Court Martial re-assembled this day, by order 

 of Colonel Alexander Beatson, Governor and Commander-in- 

 Chief, &c. &c. 



President, 



Major J. A. Wright, St. Helena regiment. 



Members, 

 Captain A. Braid, artillery. 

 Captain T. J. B. Cole, ditto. 

 Captain W. Knipe, St. Helena regiment. 

 Lieutenant F. Seale, ditto. 

 Lieutenant H. Broadway, artillery. 

 Lieutenant J Torbett, St. Helena regiment. 



The Court having been duly sworn, proceeded with the fol- 

 lowing trial : — 



Charge. Patrick Lassells, serjeant in the artillery, confined 



by order of the Lieutenant-Governor, for unsoldier-like conduct, 



in not getting ready the field artillery as speedily as possible, 



when directed by him so to do ; and causing unnecessary delay 



in the requisite preparations for repelling a party of mutineers 



on the nii;ht of the 23d instant. 



C. R. G. HODSON, 



so/A December, 1811. Town Major. 



To which the prisoner pleads Not Guilty. 



Prosecution. Lieutenant-Colonel E. S. Broughton (the Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor), being sworn, deposeth as follows: — 



