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 d m fur ftimm CMhottea. Tberr are four National aehooli, 



with most of the chapel*. A literary 



iiwutuu- and two mechanic* institution* are in the paruh. 



Thar, are gat-work* at Bnmwieh oa so extensive a .cole a* to have 

 1M mile* of pipe* m connection with them The ga* company has 

 two .tattoo*, ot>* at Birmingham, which .upplie. a great part of that 

 town, and one on the Dudley Rd. The two stations together produce 

 SOO.000,000 cubic (H* of n* in a fear. 



BROM Y ARI >. HervfortUhir*. a market-town and the scat of a Poor- 

 Law Union, la the pariah of Bromyard ami hundred of Broxuh, is 

 totaled in if 11' xTlaL, r * W. long., 14 mile* X.E. from Here- 

 ford. ItS rnOe* W.N.W. from London. Worcester, which is about 

 14 mile, from Bromyard. Is ISO) mile* from London by the Great 

 Western, and Oxford. Worowter, and Wolverhampton railways. Tho 

 p^VHi of the parish of Bromyard was 3000 in 1851. The living 

 at a notary and vicarage in the archdeaconry and diocese of Hereford. 

 Bromyanl Poor-Law Union contain* S3 parishes and townships, with 

 an are* of 59,390 acre* and a population in 1851 of 11,652. 



The pariah of Bromyard i* almost encircled by the river Frome ; 

 the town lie* a abort distance from it* right bank. The church U a 

 tfm^nit stractare, partly in the Norman and partly in the decorated 

 styles; with nave, aide aialea, and chancel ; it is 136 feet long by 65 

 tot wide. In the town are place* of worship for Independents, 

 Wwlryan and Primitive Methodists, and Quakers. The Free 

 Orammar school, founded by Queen Elizabeth, A.D. 1565, and aug- 

 ment*! in IMS by John Peryn, Esq., a native of Bromyard and after- 

 ward* alderman of London, is under tho patronage of the Goldsmiths' 

 Company and the principal inhabitants. Its income is about 120/. 

 a year: the number of scholars in 1852 was 40. Mr. Peryn also left 

 fond* to itfaHlsh in the church of Bromyard a divinity lecture to be 

 delivered every week, by six neighbouring clergymen ; who are still 

 ppoinUd to officiate, a* vacancies occur, by the principal inhabitants 

 of the parish. There are National school*, an ahushoiue for widows, 

 a ditpenaary, and a saving* bank. An agricultural society was formed 

 in 16<4. A county court is held in Bromyard. 



The magistrate* of the district bold their petty sessions every 

 Monday in premises called ' Dumbleton Hall,' formerly an old man- 

 aion-honar left to the paruh, but recently rebuilt by subscription, and 

 now affording accommodation for parochial meetings, the savings 

 hank. Ire-engine house, 4c. A new police station house with a resi- 

 dence for a superintendent woa built in 1844. There is a covered 

 market place with commodious stalls and benches ; but poultry and 

 dairy produce are still sold in the public streets. The market is held 

 oa Monday. There are fairs for live stock and agricultural produce 

 during the year. The town is wholly dependent on agriculture. 

 Bromyard returned barges* e* to Parliament up to tho reign of 

 Edward 1.. when thi* privilege was withdrawn at the request of the 

 Inhabitant*, who nlevled their inability to defray tho expense of their 

 raprnrataUrm. During the civil wars between Charles I. and the 

 Parliament, the royal army with the king in person marched from 



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parliamentary forcea. On this occasion tho king and the court lay at 

 Bromyard on the 3rd of September 1645 ; and on the following day 

 Hen-fort 1. 



BRCX.VTB, a town in the province of Catania in Sicily, situated at 



to* w*tern base of Mount .Stua, 22 mile* N.N.W. from the city of 



Catenia. The territory of I!r.,:,t. is healthy and fei-til-, and produce* 



corn. almoixU. wine, pistachio nuta, and silk. Bronte has manufac- 



tore* of paper and coane woollens, and ha* a j. .pulation of about 



It U a modern town, and has grown out of several scattered 



habiotUoM imc* the time of Charles V. Admiral 1. nl Nelson was 



mad. bake of Bronte in 17M by King Ferdinand, with an income of 



Mam, about 90001. sterling. 



t dty, the capital of King's County, State of Now 



<**. is chatted at tb- w* md of Ixing Island, and on tho shore of 

 River, opposite Kcw York dty, In 40' 42' N. lat, 74' 1' W. 



'.J! ** *L by W fp ' m All>lul y- ftDd 22? "> >''' 

 from Washington. Thepopalatioa of Brooklyn citv, which in 

 i*>l nispsrt* may W regarded a. a suburb to New York, has very 



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AMH taWMMj* building, ar. the City Hall, a W 



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of the town I* the United Htete. Kavy Yard. 



timber sbeda, store^ 



fahopa, c., aud 



an immense dry dock, the most extenirfve work of iU kind in the 

 United State*. Eastward from the Navy Yard stands the Naval 

 Hospital on an eminence commanding an extensive prospect of 

 interesting scenery ; the hospital stand* in a well laid out park of 

 about 33 acres. The Greenwood Cemetery, covering about 300 acres 

 of ground, in the south part of the city, i* pleasingly laid out with 

 walk*, trees, shrubbery, and small ponds or lakes, aud contains 

 numerous good monuments, many of which are of white marble. 

 Brooklyn ha* communication with New York by five ferries across East 

 Hiver. which is here about half a mile broad, and across which first- 

 class steamers constantly ply, the usual charge being one cent for each 

 passenger. Carriage* and waggons are also conveyed across. A 

 siderable amount of trade is carried on in Brooklyn. It is a favourite 

 place of residence for the merchants of New York. Four daily news- 

 papers are published in the city. Borne remains are still visible of 

 fortifications erected by the Americans during the revolutionary war. 

 The site of Fort Green has been converted into a public park called 

 Washington Park. Near the Navy Yard is a tomb in which were 

 placed the remains of 11,000 Americans who perUbed in the prison 

 ships which were moored in the bay during the period of the 

 revolutionary struggle. 



BROSELEY, Shropshire, a market-town in the parish of Broseley 

 and district of Weulock borough, is situated on the river Severn, in 

 52 84' N. lat., 2 30' W. long., 13 miles E.S.E. from Shrewsbury, and 

 144 miles N.W. by W. from London. The population of the parish 

 in 1851 wa 4739. The living is a rectory held with the rectory of 

 Liuley in the archdeaconry of Salop and diocese of Hereford. Exten- 

 sive iron and coal mines and brick and tile works affonl tL 

 means of employment to the population. The parish chui 

 edifice in the perpendicular style, rebuilt in 1 845, will accommodate 

 about 1200 persons. There are places of worship for Baptists, Inde- 

 pendents, and Wesleyau and Primitive Methodists. Within the parUh 

 are two National schools. The town is lighted with gas. A market 

 U held on Wednesday, and an annual fair on Easter Monday. A 

 spring of petroleum or fossil tar was discovered hero in 1711. After 

 some years the supply of petroleum failed, but the spring broke out 

 again in 1747, and yielded about tliree or four barrels a day ; about 

 1752 the spring was cut into iu searching for coals, and the qu 

 of petroleum yielded has since been small. At 1'itchford, a few miles 

 from Broseley, is a coarse-grained sandstone, highly impregnated with 

 petroleum. 



BIIOUGH, or BURGH-UNDER-STAINMOOR, Westmorland, a 

 small market-town iu the parish of BIMM "h, in thr K 

 situated on the mail-coach road to Carlisle and Glasgow, in . 

 N. lat, 2 20' W. long., 8 mile* S.E. from Appleby, and 262 miles 

 N.N.YV. from London by roncl ; Tebay station of the Lancaster and 

 Carlisle railway, which is 1C miles from Brough, is 263 miles from 

 London. The population of the township of Brough in 1851 was 773; 

 that of the entire parish was 1533. The living in a vicarage in the 

 archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle. 



town of Brough is little more than a village, the railway having 

 destroyed the coaching trade which fr<>i nn on thr North 



Mail Road it formerly possessed. A small \\o-LK market, is held on 

 Thursday : there are two cattle markets and two annual fairs, one of 

 which, called Brough-Hill fair, is hsld on a common two miles from 

 the town, and is a great fair for cittle, hones, wearing apparel, aii'l 

 ;re. Tho town H divided in' <1 Market Brough 



ami Church lirough, by tho Hilbeck, a small feeder of the 

 Load and cool mines in the parish give employment to a > 

 number of the inhabitants. The . . neat structure 



14th century, with a hancison 

 date, and a peal of four bells. There is a eh:i| 

 parish; and there are places of wor -hip for Kaj/ti u and Wclcyan 

 and Primitive Methodists. The 

 recently been incorporated with a National t^ 



Brough Castle is a very . nn stand on on 



eminence, in the midst of what in supposed to have been (In I 

 station of Vci-teno. Both castle and t.n .ro taken and Backed by 

 King William of Scotland in 1174. The chief parts now standing are 

 portions of the keep and some other tow* j> is in ita g. 



appearance similar to those of the Tower of 1. hooter 



Castle, &c. Many Roman coins have been dug up in the parish. 



BBODQH8HAKK. | ANTRIM.] 



BBOUGHTON AKCllll'Kl.AC.O. Vancouver p-vve this name to 

 tho group of islands discovered by him in company with Captain 

 Brought* m, in 1793, off the west coast of North America, to the north 

 of Vancouver Island. 



The Chatham Islands, discovered in 1791 by Captain Broughton, 

 are also sometimes called the Broughton Archipelago. [CHATHAM 

 ISLANDS.) 



l'd!(>n;im>\ I\ IVIiXKSS. [I, AX, AsMiitr..] 



IWor.JIITY KERRY. [Foiu v 



BRUCHSAL, an old town on the Salwieh, in the circle of Mitt. 1- 

 Hli"in, in the grand duchy of Baden, is mentioned in an. 

 between the yean 937 and 996, when it was called Bruxole. It wa* 

 the residence of the bishops of Spires from the year 1024, and came 

 into the possession of the grand dukes of Baden in 1803. It is 

 situated 16 miles N.E. from Karlsruhe by the railway to Mannheim, 



