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were the most sedulous, as they were constantly 

 rewarded by tokens of his regard and esteem. In 

 1821, his portrait, painted by Mr Phillips, R. A., 

 was presented by his class, as also, on a subsequent 

 occasion, a piece of plate, as proofs of their affec- 

 tion. In 1823, he addressed a memoir to Sir Ast- 

 ley Cooper, as to the propriety of applying to the 

 Government to permit the importation of dead 

 bodies for dissection from the continent: this docu- 

 ment he produced before the select committee of 

 the House of Commons, on being examined rela- 

 tive to the introduction of a bill legalizing dissec- 

 tion. It will be found published in the report of 

 the committee for 1828. During the scarcity of 

 dead bodies, he has been frequently known to give, 

 in the winter season, sixteen guineas for a single 

 subject, charging his pupils but eight, and present- 

 ing them with his trouble and expense of prepara- 

 tion and injection. With the exception of Pro- 

 fessor Blumenbach, of Gottingen, we are unac- 

 quainted with the name of any teacher who, for 

 the long space of forty years, solely devoted his 

 attention to anatomical instruction. In the sum- 

 mer season, he was engaged from five in the morn- 

 ing until a late hour in the evening, during which 

 time his dissecting rooms were open, and himself 

 easy of access, whenever his pupils required his 

 presence. 



The last appearance of Mr Brookes as a lec- 

 turer was in 1827, when he delivered a very interest- 

 ing course of lectures at the rooms of the Zoolo- 

 gical Society, in Bruton Street, Bond Street, on 

 the anatomy of a magnificent ostrich, which had 

 been the property of George IV., who, on its 

 decease, presented it to the society. His dis- 

 courses were attended by a crowded and fashion- 

 able auditory, and were illustrated, not only by 

 the dissected portions of the bird, but by beauti- 

 ful prepared specimens from his then existing 

 riuiseum. 



On the 25th of June, 1831, Mr Brookes took an 

 affectionate farewell of his former students and 

 friends, at a public dinner to which they had in- 

 vited him. On this occasion, he boasted, with a 

 becoming pride, the rank which many of his for- 

 mer pupils now held in society, not only in their 

 professional vocations, but for their great success 

 in cultivating the different branches of the collate- 

 ral sciences. He suddenly expired, on the 10th 

 day of January, 1833, at his residence in Great 

 Portland Street, aged seventy-two years. 



BROUGHAM; a parish in the county of West- 

 moreland, with a population of 249. There was 

 formerly a village of the same name, but it is ex- 

 tinct. The name is said to be derived from the 

 Saxon words Burg-ham signifying castle-town, this 

 having been the site of the Roman station Brov- 

 oniacum. Here are the remains of an ancient cas- 

 tle. In the vicinity, on a wooded eminence on the 

 east side of the Lowther, stands Brougham-hall, 

 the seat of Lord Brougham and Vaux. 



BROUGHTON, THOMAS DUEH, of the hon- 

 ourable East India Company's service, M.R.A.S., 

 was the son of the Rev. Thomas Broughton of 

 Bristol, and was educated at Eton. From thence 

 he went out to the Bengal army of India, having 

 chosen the profession of arms. He followed 

 it with ardour, and whilst yet a subaltern he 

 was actively engaged in the memorable siege of 

 Seringapatam, which, on the 4th of May, 1799, over- 

 threw the dynasty of Tippoo Saib, and conquered 

 his empire. He was afterwards appointed com- 



mandant of the Cadet corps, a sort of college 

 formed to receive the cadets, and teach and discip- 

 line them on their first arrival in the country, an 

 office obviously requiring sound judgment and dis- 

 creet management. But in December 1802 he re- 

 ceived an important staff appointment, that of 

 military resident with the Mahrattas. Here, too, 

 he displayed that firmness and discretion so essen- 

 tial to a military man when placed in circumstances 

 at once delicate and difficult. At a later period he 

 was appointed to the command at Java; this, how- 

 ever, he did not hold long, as the island was given 

 to the Dutch' by the treaty. In the command of 

 posts and battalions he was more than once honoured 

 with public thanks from the governor, and with 

 affectionate and gratifying addresses from the offi- 

 cers under his command. Colonel Broughton was 

 fortunately in such a position in the service as to 

 reap great advantages from an important reform 

 made in the company's army some years back. Be- 

 fore this great change a colonel seldom got a regi- 

 ment until he was an old man. Now every regi- 

 ment was divided, and each battalion was made 

 into a separate regiment. Thus, though the emo- 

 luments were greatly reduced, yet they were 

 reached perhaps ten years sooner. Thus he be- 

 came the colonel of a regiment, with its emolu- 

 ments, at an early period of life. After this step 

 he returned to England ; but here, though quite at 

 ease, an active mind, a warm and ardent tempera- 

 ment, could not remain long unemployed. He was 

 honoured with the distinguished post of honorary 

 secretary to the royal Asiatic society, and he was 

 selected, not elected, a member of tbe Athenaeum 

 by a power specially vested in the committee , and 

 the Mendicity society, one of the most useful in 

 London. The schools, &c. of Marylebone, can 

 well attest the activity of his mind and the 

 warmth of his heart. After his return to Europe 

 he visited almost every part of the British domi- 

 nions, and every part of the south of Europe, 

 worth attention. Colonel Broughton's first essay 

 as a literary man was a free translation of a French 

 novel, written by a warm admirer of Rousseau, 

 called " Edward and Laura," in two volumes, pub- 

 lished in 1809. He afterwards published a very 

 valuable work upon the Mahrattas, written during 

 his residence with that extraordinary people, in 

 which he has thrown much light on their personal 

 and curious history. He made himself master of 

 the Persian language, and published a translation of 

 some interesting and often beautiful Persian poetry, 

 and also some specimens of Hindoo poetry ; both 

 these latter works were published by Mr Murray. 

 During the latter years of his residence in India, 

 the climate, which had not touched him before, af- 

 fected him, and his health suffered. Whilst on a 

 visit in Surrey, in the month of October, 1835, 

 whither he went in good health, he was attacked 

 with a fatal illness which carried him to the grave, 

 after only a few days' illness, and at fifty-seven 

 years of age. Colonel Broughton married a daugh- 

 ter of the late Mr Chamier, who was associated 

 with Lord William Bentinck in the government of 

 Madras, and whose son is now chief secretary to 

 the same presidency. He left no issue. 



BROWN, ROBERT, well known by his excellent 

 agricultural writings, was born in the village of 

 East Linton, Haddingtonshire, where he entered 

 into business: but his natural genius soon led him 

 to agricultural pursuits, which he followed with 

 singular success. He commenced his agricultural 



