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Rh to individuals from the conquest of Bengal, the prize money in these three campaigns amounted only to £93,584, which, after Lord Cornwallis and General Meadows had generously given up their shares, and the Company had added a large gratuity, only allowed to a colonel £1,161 12s., and to a private soldier £14 11s. 9d.

By this treaty Tippoo became again possessed of Bangalore; but he was so disgusted with it for having served as the grand depôt of the English army that, although, the fortifications had cost him and his father many millions of rupees, he, in a fit of spleen and impotent rage, directed them to be levelled with the ground – an order, however, which was never finally carried into execution. The next care of the Sultan was to purify the Laul Baugh, which had been used as a place of burial for the Europeans, whose bodies were now dug up and thrown into the river. The mausoleum of Hyder was also thoroughly repaired and newly painted; and every possible measure was taken to efface the vestiges of its late possessors.