48 DISAFFECTION OF THE NATIVES. 



the plunder of Bombay by the sepoys and 

 Mahomedans, who were then to move off to 

 the interior with their booty. Treasonable 

 meetings were held, at which Mr Forjett was 

 present in disguise, and thus became fully 

 acquainted with the designs of the conspirators. 

 The officer commandino- one of the regriments 

 declared his disbelief of the disaffection of any 

 of his men, and would not be convinced of the 

 fact, until he actually saw from the adjoining 

 house, wherein he was concealed by Mr Forjett, 

 a native officer and several men of his own regi- 

 ment, and. overheard the discussion of their 

 plans. Bombay was just then, too, almost desti- 

 tute of European troops; but the paucity of 

 numbers was to a certain degree remedied by 

 the admirable arrangements made for obtaining 

 assistance from the shipping in the harbour. 

 Every available European sailor was held in 

 readiness to land fully armed, either by night 

 or day, on a given signal from the fort, and 

 such signal was known only to the commanders 

 of vessels. 



On the very day that the plot of the conspir- 

 ators was to have exploded, a wing of H.M. 

 95th foot landed at Bombay, and this regiment 



