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 10 s. VIIL AUG. 17, 1907.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

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" NlT BEHAMEY," YIDDISH PHRASE (10

'S. viii. 46). No one has greater respect for MB. PLATT'S repertory of linguistic lore than myself, therefore I regret to fine myself unable to accept his new Yiddish phrase as it stands. I have never heard it in that form. In cultured circles one may hear sometimes " You are a behymah,' which means precisely what MB. PLATT has stated it to be. Perhaps the new phrase among Jewish dealers may be " Nit, you behymah ! " used when some would-be buyer has offered a lower figure for the article than it is really worth in the " open market," and uttered by way of caution by some shrewd merchant. No Jew would say behamey. M. L. R. BBESLAB.

"Down" (10 S. vii. 509; viii. 54). "" Dowb " was a young officer, by name Dowbiggin, who was with the English force before Sebastopol in 1855. He was a nephew of Lord Panmure, then Minister of War. His friends in England were anxious for his safety, and a telegram was sent out through the War Office to the head-quarters of the British army, " Take care of Dowb." The order was not understood, and its ex- planation was received with laughter. The incident found its way into English news- papers, and it was long before Dowbiggin .heard the last of that telegram.

JOHN P. STILWELL.
 * [R. B. and MB. T. WHITE also thanked for replies.]

NAPOLEON'S CABBIAGE : JOSEPH BONA- PARTE'S CABBIAGE (10 S. vii. 170, 236, 313, 357, 393, 434). The Berlin correspondent of The Observer, in explaining (30 June) a dis- pute between Prince Bliicher von Wahlstadt and his second son, writes :

" This opportunity was seized by Prince Bliicher's son to lay claim to several of the Bliicher memen- toes (including Napoleon I.'s celebrated travelling- coach, seized after the battle of Belle Alliance), which was [were ?] in the possession of his father. The loss of this trophy went to the Prince's heart. He repurchased it from his son, and, in order to prevent the possibility of the Bliicher - Napoleon trophies again passing out of his hands at any time, had them shipped immediately to England."

This is decidedly interesting reading.

ALECK ABRAHAMS. 39, Hillmarton Road, N.

The capture of Joseph Bonaparte's car- riage is thus described in the regimental history of the 10th Royal Hussars :

" On the morning of the 21st June, Lord Welling- ton saw the hill in front of Arinez denuded of French troops ; he advanced the cavalry to that post, the Tenth being in support. Up to this time the regiment had not been much employed, owing

to the unfavourable nature of. the ground, but now the Hussar Brigade was ordered to advance. There it fell in with the great body of the enemy's baggage, the guard of which was charged and dispersed by a squadron of the Tenth, led by Capt. Henry Wynd- ham and the Marquis of Worcester.* While en- gaged in securing prisoners, &c. , some of the enemy's cavalry came out of the town and formed in its rear with the intention of attacking. The men of the Tenth, however, were soon rallied, and, being formed into two squadrons, kept their ground, although a column of French infantry was ad- vancing. The latter, after firing a volley into our squadrons, which killed and wounded a few men and horses, retired, but, the ground being much intersected with ditches and ravines, the regiment was prevented from charging, although it frustrated every attempt of the enemy to carry off the baggage which had been captured.! \Vnile the other squadrons were assisting in securing the fruits of the battle, Capt. Wyndham continued the pursuit, and, coming up with the carriage of Joseph Buona- parte, is said to have fired into it as the occupants were making their escape.:}: The whole regiment, which throughout the battle had been under the command of Major Robarts, now followed the flying enemy with the rest of the British cavalry until after sunset, and bivouacked on the Pampeluna road for the night. Writing of this great battle, Napier says : ' Never was a victory more complete. The French carried off but two pieces of artillery. Jourdan's marshal's baton, Joseph's private car- riage and sword of state, one hundred and forty three pieces of cannon, ammunition, treasure, everything fell into the hands of the victors. The loss of the French was about 6,000 killed and wounded, that of the Allies 5,176."

W. J. ATTELL.

HlGHLANDEBS " BABBADOSED " AFTER THE

1715 AND '45 REBELLIONS (10 S. viii. 68). With regard to the third query at the above reference, the following lists of persons banished to Barbados in 1687 are to be found in ' A Cloud of Witnesses,' Glasgow, 1836, p. 372. The first list is dated "Anno 1687":

John Ford, Walter M'Min, Adam Hood, John MacGhie, Peter Russel, Thomas Jack- son, Charles Dougal, James Griston, John Harvie, James Forsyth, George Johnston, John Steven, Robert Young, John Gilfillan, Andrew Paterson, John Kincaid, Robert Main, James Muirhead, George Muir, John Henderson, Anaple Jackson, Anaple Gordon, Jean Moffat.

t " Diary of Dr. Jenks, late 10th Hussars." " ' Joseph himself narrowly escaped being made
 * " Regimental Digest of Services."
 * prisoner : a squadron of dragoons pursued the

carriage and fired into it, and he had barely tune to throw himself out and escape on horseback under shelter of a troop of horse.' Alison."

" ' In this carriage were found a number of most valuable pictures, among which was the beautiful Correggio of "Christ in the Garden," which now adorns Apsley House.' Alison."