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session of the stronghold which the rebel had so 
precipitately abandoned, he certainly calculated upon 
appropriating to the use of the Government a fund 
that would greatly relieve it from the embarrassment 
under which it had most grievously suffered for a 
considerable period; but, to his disappointment and 
mortification, every thing had been taken away ex- 
cept a sum of money and moveables, altogether amount- 
ing in value to about three hundred thousand pounds ; 
and these had been left only because it was incon- 
venient to remove them. 
Cheit Singh, upon quitting Bidzee Gur, proceeded to 
Panna, the capital of Bundelcund, plundering and 
levying contributions as he passed, wherever he could 
do so with impunity. He was secretly favoured by 
the Rajah of that country, who had previously pro- 
fessed to Mr. Hastings the most unqualified fealty, 
assuring him that he would not extend to the rebel 
any protection whatever. 
The fortress of Bidzee Gur surrendered by capitula- 
tion on the 10th of November, within three months 
after the memorable insurrection at Benares. Major 
Popham had thus the enviable reputation of having 
reduced within the short space of a few weeks two of 
the strongest forts in Hindostan — forts which had been 
hitherto considered impregnable, — and this too with 
the loss of only about twenty men. 
When the Governor-General had fully settled the 
succession of the Zemeendary at Benares, and esta- 
blished its magistracy, he returned to Calcutta. 
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