B Babington Plot. A plot set on foot by Babington and a Jesuit, named Ballard, in 1585, to assassinate Queen Elizabeth. Letters secured by Walsingham were said to have proved the complicity of Mary Queen of Scots, and led to her imprisonment at Fotheringay, and subsequent trial and execution. Babylonish Captivity. _See_ Avignon. Back Lane Parliament. An assembly of Delegates from the whole of Ireland, which met in Dublin in 1792. They prepared an address expressing their loyalty to the throne, and asking for the franchise. Baconists. The Liberal Party in Virginia in 1676, who rose in rebellion under Nathaniel Bacon. The name was afterwards adopted by the Maryland Liberals in 1678. Badger State. The popular name of the State of Wisconsin, U.S.A., from the badger in its coat of arms. Badinguet. A nickname of Napoleon III. It was the name of the workman in whose clothes he escaped from the Château of Ham, in 1846. Bag and Baggage Policy. The policy advocated in speech and pamphlet by Mr. Gladstone in 1876 (while in opposition), at the time of the Bulgarian Atrocities. It was to the effect that if Turkey would not reform the administration of her Christian provinces, she must be turned out of Europe “bag and baggage.” Bagimont’s Roll. A valuation of the ecclesiastical benefices of Scotland, compiled by Bagimont of Vicci in 1274. On this valuation the tithes payable to the Roman See were computed, up to the time of the Reformation. Bailli. In French feudal times the bailli was the representative of the king in the territories of the great feudal lords. He held a court which took cognizance of matters concerning the rights of the Crown, and outside the jurisdiction of the feudal courts. Baiser de Lamourette. A reconciliation between the extreme parties in the French Legislative Assembly in 1792, effected by the persuasive eloquence of Lamourette, Bishop of Lyons. It was purely emotional and irrational, and only lasted a few days. It is also called the Norman Reconciliation. Balafré, Le. The sobriquet of Henry de Guise (1550-1589). Balkan Agreement. An agreement between Austria and Russia, officially communicated to the Balkan States in 1897, by which the parties announced their intention of maintaining the _status quo_ in the Balkan Peninsula. Ballarat Reform League. An association of miners, formed at Ballarat (Victoria) in 1854, to agitate for reforms in the administration of the goldfields, as well as for certain political reforms, including manhood suffrage, payment of members, and short Parliaments. The more militant members eventually took up arms against the Government. Ballot Act. The Act to substitute secret for open voting at Parliamentary elections was passed in 1871. Banbury Man. A term applied to the Puritans during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Banda Oriental. The old name of the Republic of Uruguay. Bandes d’Ordonnance.