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Bnflw. sixteen days, he pays interest for one month and a 

 v ' half; but after the first fourteen days, the pawnbro- 

 ker may take for the whole month. 



The pawn-broker is required to make entries and 

 give duplicates. If he refuses to deliver up goods 

 pledged within one year, on tender of the money 

 lent and interest, a justice is empowered, on convic- 

 tion, to commit him till the goods be delivered up, 

 or reasonable satisfaction be obtained. After the 

 expiration of one year, pawned goods may be sold 

 by public auction ; being exposed ^to public view, 

 ami catalogues of them published, and two adver- 

 tisements of sale inserted in some newspaper, at least 

 two days before the first day's sale, under a penalty 

 of L. 5 to the owner. If pawn-brokers receive no- 

 tice from the owners before the expiration of a year, 

 they are not allowed to^ dispose of the goods until 

 three months shall have expired from the end of that 

 year. They must enter in their books an account of 

 sales of all goods pawned for more than 10*. ; and, 

 in case of sale, the overplus to be paid upon de- 

 mand, within three years, to the owner, deducting 

 interest and costs, under a penalty, upon refusal, of 

 treble the sum lent, to be levied by distress. 



Pawn-brokers are not allowed to purchase goods 

 in their custody, or suffer them to be redeemed for 

 that purpose. They are not to lend money to any 

 person appearing to be under the age of twelve years, 

 or intoxicated ; nor to purchase duplicates of other 

 pawn-brokers ; nor to buy any goods before eight in 

 the morning, and after seven in the afternoon ; nor 

 to receive any goods in pawn before eight in the 

 morning, or after nine at night, between Michael- 

 mas and Lady-day ; nor before seven in the morn- 

 ing, or after ten at night, during the remainder of 

 the year, excepting the evenings of Saturday, and 

 those preceding Good Friday and Christmas day. 

 They are not to carry on the trade on any Sunday, 

 Good Friday, or Christmas day. Pawn-brokers of- 

 fending against the act, in cases where no penalty is 

 provided, shall forfeit L.5 for every offence ; and, 

 in all cases, complaint must be made within twelve 

 months. But the act does not extend to pledges for 

 money above L. 10, nor to persons lending money 

 upon goods at 5 per cent. 



Any person who shall fraudulently pawn the goods 

 of another, shall, upon conviction before a justice, 

 forfeit 20s. and the value of the goods so pawned ; 

 and, failing to pay, shall be committed to the house 

 of correction for not more than three months, nor 

 less than one. Persons counterfeiting or altering du- 

 plicates, may be committed by a justice to the house 

 of correction for a similar period. If any person 

 thall offer to pawn goods, refusing to give a satis- 

 factory account of himself and them ; or if there 

 be reason to suspect that the goods are stolen ; or if 

 any person, not entitled, shall attempt to redeem 

 pawned goods, they may be taken before a justice 

 for examination ; who, if there appear cause, may 

 commit the offender to be dealt with according to 

 law, provided the nature of the offence shall autho- 

 rise such commitment by any other law ; or other- 

 wise, for a period not exceeding three months, nor 

 loss than one. A justice may also grant a search- 



warrant, and a peace-officer break open doors, and 

 restore the goods, if found, to the owners, (z) 



B ROME LI A, a genus of plants of the class 

 Hexandria, and order Monogynia. See BOTANY,. 

 p. 182, and PINE APPLE. 



BROMLEY, a market town of England, in the- 

 county of Kent, is situated on the river Revensbourn,. 

 10 miles south-east from London. It is a clean, well- 

 built, straggling town, but containing nothing wor- 

 thy of notice, except the hospital erected by Dr- 

 Warner, Bishop of Rochester, in the reign of Charles 

 II., for twenty poor clergymen's widows. It was the 

 first endowment of the kind in England, and has been 

 considerably augmented by several additionalcharitabie 

 bequest <. In 1756, Mrs Betenson of Bradbourne left 

 L. 10, 000, for the purpose of erecting ten additional 

 houses; and since that time, Mr Pearce has bequeath- 

 ed L.I 2,000 for a similar purpose. So that by these 

 means, the number of houses is now doubled, and the an- 

 nual allowance to each of the widows on Bishop War- 

 ner's foundation is L. 30, 10s., with coal and candle ; 

 and L.20 to each of the others ; with a salary of L.86 

 to the chaplain, who must belong to Magdalen Col- 

 lege, Oxford. The church of Bromley is a spacious 

 edifice, consisting of a nave, chancel, and aisles ; with 

 an embattled tower at the west end, surmounted by a 

 cupola. Its north aisle was rebuilt in 1792, to the 

 expence of which Bishop Thomas contributed L.500. 

 Bromley has also a charity school, for educating and. 

 clothing thirteen boys and as many girls. Its market- 

 . house is a large old building standing on wooden pil- 

 lars ; and its fairs are on the llth of February and ths 

 5th of August. 



Near the town is the palace of the Bishop of Ro- 

 chester, which was first erected in 700, in conse- 

 quence of his having received the manor of Brom- 

 ley as a gift from King Edgar ; and it has conti- 

 nued to DC the residence of the bishops of that see 

 till the present time. The old building was pulled 

 down by the late Bishop, and a plain brick mansion 

 erected in its stead about the year 1777. In the vi- 

 cinity is a spring, which is said to possess the same 

 qualities as the water of Tunbridge wells, and which 

 was much frequented in monkish times, and heldin high 

 estimation. Bromley contains 424 houses, and 2700 

 inhabitants. See Wilson's History of Bromley, and 

 Beauties of England and Wales, vol. viii. p. 1353. (L) 

 BROMSGROVE, a market town of England, in 

 the county of Worcester, is situated near the source 

 of the river Salwarp, 12 miles from Worcester, and 

 116 north-west from London. It is rather irregular- 

 ly built, but has a very handsome church, with win. 

 dows of painted glass, and a tower and spire, which are 

 the neatest in the county. The church stands upon an 

 eminence, and is approached by a flight of 50 steps ; 

 and contains several fine monuments, among which 

 are those of Judge Lyttleton, Bishop Hall of Bris- 

 tol, Sir Humphrey Stafford, Sir John Talbot, and a 

 daughter of Henry VII. It has a good grammar 

 school, founded by Edward VI. for educating and 

 clothing twelve boys, which has been additionally en- 

 dowed by Sir Thomas Cooks ; and also several alms- 

 houses. Bromsgrove has some flourishing manufac- 

 tures of. woollen and linen cloths, nails, needles, aad 



