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OUDH. 495 and the Dilkhusha and Bibípur parks, except as to the infliction of capital punishment; that the King Wajid Ali Shah should receive 12 liikhs a year for the support of his dignity and honour, besides a sum of 3 likhs for palace-guards; that his successors should receive 12 likhs a year; and that his collateral relations should be maintained separately by the British Government. The King was allowed three days to consider and sign the Treaty: He refused to sign it, and therefore, in February 1956, the British Government assumed to itself the government of Oudh, exclusively and for ever. I provision of 12 likhs a year was offered to the King, which he accepted in October 1859, Separate jrovision has been sanctioned for his collateral relatives. Wajid Ali Shah has been allowed to retain the title of King of Oudh, but on his death the tiile will cease absolutely, and the pecun ary allowance will not be continued on its present scale. Government lias purchased a residence for the king at Garden Reach in the suburbs of Calcutta; the King has been allowed no jurisdiction within his estate, but provision has been made for serving legal process within its precincts, through the officer who is appointed as Agent with his Majesty on the part of the British Government. In March 1862, an Act was passed to exempt the King from the jurisdiction of criminal courts, except for capital offences; to provide for his trial, if necessary, by commission; to exempt him from appearance as a witness in any court; and to provide for his examination through the Agent to the Governor-General. On 13th February 1836, Oudh became an integral part of the British territory. The country was immediately constituted into a Chief onership, and organized on the model of administration that had been adopted in the Punjab eight years previously. Early in the succeeding rear, the discontent in the Province burst into open rebellion, a fortnight after the mutiny at Meerut gave the signal for a general rising. In March 1857, Sir Henry Lawrence had assumed the administration at Lucknow", and on the 30th of May, five of the native regiments broke into mutiny. The remainder of the events connected with the siege and recovery of the capital have been narrated in the article on LỰCKNOW City, and needl only be recapitulated here in brie. A general revolt throughout the whole of Oudh followed upon the defection of the native troops; and by the middle of June the entire Province, save only the Residency at Lucknow, was in the hands of the rebels. On 4th July, Sir Henry Lawrence died from wounds caused by a shell. For twelve weeks the little garrison was besieged by an overwhelming body of mutineers, till relieved by Outram and Havelock on the 25th of September. In spite of this reinforcement, the British force found itself too weak to fall back upon Cawnpur, and the siege continued till raised by Sir Colin Campbell on the 17th of