The sobriquet of Ferdinand II, King of the Two Sicilies (1759-1825). Bombay, Cession of. Bombay was ceded to Charles II by Portugal in 1662, as part of the dowry of the Infanta of Portugal. In 1668 it was surrendered by the Crown to the East India Company. Bonaght. _See_ Coyne and Livery. Bond. _See_ Afrikander. Bond-Blaine Convention. An agreement between Newfoundland and the United States, signed in 1890, providing for the continuance of the _modus vivendi_ affording reciprocal fishing rights to the two countries. Bondevenner. The Peasants’ Friends, a political party formed in Denmark in 1845, in the interests of the rural population. Bondi. In Norse times, the freeholders or owners of Odal land. Book of Rates. A table of unauthorized import duties issued by Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, in 1608, after the decision in the Crown’s favour in Bates’ case. In 1610 the Commons declared these impositions illegal. Book of Sports. A declaration of James I in 1618, as to the sports which might lawfully be indulged in on Sundays after Divine Service. Dancing, archery, maypoles, leaping were permitted; bear-baiting was forbidden. None, however, might take part unless they had been to church. Booth’s Conspiracy. A conspiracy headed by John Wilkes Booth, at the end of the American Civil War, having for its object the assassination of the President, Vice-President, and some others. President Lincoln was shot by Booth on April 14, 1865, and on the same date Seward, the Secretary of State, was wounded by Payne, another of the conspirators. The conspirators were brought to trial, and four of them hanged, the others being sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. Border Laws. A code of laws framed in 1249 by a commission composed of twelve English and twelve Scottish knights. They dealt with the surrender of fugitives crossing the border, and provided for the trial of border raiders by special courts, held under the joint authority of the two nations. Border States. Before the American Civil War, this name was applied to the States bordering on the free states, namely, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri. Borough English, Custom of. An old system of land tenure, still existing in certain ancient boroughs, whereby real estate passes to the youngest son. Boston Massacre. A small affray in Boston in 1770, in which the troops fired on the rioters, and a few persons were killed. Captain Preston, who commanded the troops, was tried and acquitted. Boston Port Act. An Act passed in 1774, closing the Custom House and Port of Boston. It was passed as a measure of retaliation for the action of the inhabitants in preventing the importation of tea by the East India Company free of the English duty. Boston Tea Riots.