(Journey through Oude in 1849-50, i. 206.)

It was not till the last week of 1858 that the last sparks of rebellion were finally extinguished by the defeat in Oude of the last body of rebels who remained in arms, and the flight of the remnant of their force across the frontier of Nepaul; but, even before that day came, the ministry at home had been led to see the necessity of putting the government of the country for the future on a different footing.

The same may be said of the measures taken to put the talookdars of Oude on their legs, and which were preceded by the confiscation of all their properties.