NARRATIVE OF THE MUTINY, &c. 287 



you think, elapsed between getting out the first two guns, and 

 getting ready the others ? 



A. I think it might have been half an hour ; and by the 

 time they were equipped, four or five men of the working party, 

 from Long Wood, joined, to assist in dragging them up the hill. 



Q. From the Court. — Did the prisoner seem inclined to pre- 

 vent the getting of the guns ready ; or was he active in getting 

 them ready, after yon directed him ? 



A. He was not active ; he did not move with that promptitude 

 which I should have expected ; and the articles that were required 

 for equipping the field-pieces, seemed out of the way, or at least 

 not at hand. But Mr. Hall, the conductor, can better explain 

 the delay, as I was on the outside of the shed. 



Q. How many men had the prisoner with him before the 

 four or five men joined ? 



A. The whole guard, including the Serjeants, consisted of 

 sixteen men ; six of whom, as already mentioned, were detached 

 with Serjeant Tunstall : the remainder were, I think, with the 

 prisoner. 



Mr. William Hall (Conductor), being sworn, gave the follow- 

 ing statement : — 



Betwixt eight and nine o'clock on Monday night, the 23d in- 

 stant, the prisoner came to my quarters, at the Hutt's gate, and 

 told me, " he had something very particular to say ; and that he 

 would not say too much at present." I asked him what he 

 meant; he said, " he was doubtful of there being a disturbance 

 soon in the garrison." I asked him what made him think so? 

 he said, " he had heard all about it, but would not say too much 

 at present." He then told me, " that there was a man laying 

 outside, and making use of mutinous expressions." I asked him 

 who he was ; and why he did not take hold of him ? he said, " it 



