Bottomry

(bot'tum-re.) (Mar. Law.) The act of borrowing money upon the keel or bottom of a ship; that is, the ship itself is pledged as security for the repayment of the money. If the ship is lost, the lender loses the money; but if the ship arrives safe, he is to receive the money lent, with the interest or premium stipulated as compensation for the risk. Where several loans of this character have been made on the same voyage, the last lender is entitled to priority of payment out of the proceeds. Botzen, (bot'sěn.) [It. Bolzano.] A town of Austria, in the Tyrol, at the confluence of the Eisach and the Talfer, 32 m. N.N.E. of Trent. Pop. 8,103. Bouchain, (bōō'sha in,) a strongly fortified town of France, dep. Nord, on the Scheldt, 12 m. S.E. of Douai. It was taken by the Duke of Marl borough, 1711, and retaken by Marshal Villars in the following year. Pop. 1,800. Boucher, FRANÇOIS, (bōō'shay,) a French painter, B. in Paris, 1703; was appointed painter to Louis XV., 1765, and has been called the A nacre on of Painting, on account of the amorous character of many of his works. Among his masterpieces are The Bath of Diana, and Venus ordering Arms for Æneas. D. 1770. Bouches - du-Rhône, (boo'shěz-doo-rōn,) a maritime dep. in the S. of France, situated at the mouths of the Rhône. A great part of the surface is occupied by lagoons, and the soil is generally inferior; area, 2,331 sq. m.; pp. towns, Marseilles (the C.), Arles, and Aix. Pop. 547,903. Boncicault, DION, (boo'se-kault,) a dramatist and actor, B. in Dublin, 1822. Among his most succe ful plays are The Colleen Bawn, Arrah-na-Pogue, and the Shaugh raun. Boucicault, JEAN LE MEINGRE DE, the name of two French soldiers, father and son; the former became a marshal under Charles V., and D. 1370; the latter distinguished himself in the war against the Turks, 1396; became marshal, 1412; was taken prisoner at the battle of Agin court, and D. in England, 1421. [s. 108]