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ment of tefolvent plafters. Abfcefles are to be treated on 

 BRECHIN,' in Geography 



impofsd upon felling beer without a licence. By 15 C. II. 



the principles explained in the article Suppuration. c. 1 i. notices of brewing beer or ale (hall be given, and alfo 



BRECHIN in Geography. In 181 1, the burgh and of ereamg or altenng any implements for th's purpofe, on 



parifh of Brechin contained 769 houfes, and 5559 perfons ; pain of 50/. By 5 Geo. III. c.43. the poiition of any tun, 



2,-14 being males, and 3045 females. . cooler, copper, &c. Ihall not be altered without notice, 



TVRFPKFNRTDGE a county of Kentucky, contain- under penalty ot 20/. 1 he otncer ot excile ihail enter and 



'b'RECKENRIDG'E, a county oi Kentucky 

 ing !?4<?o inhabitants, of whom 505 are flaves. 



BRECKNOCK, 1. 1, for Lancafter r. Berks; and add— 

 containing 723 inhabitants. 



Brecknock, col. 3, 1. 4. af'"" pan^^' add — and m 

 181 1 contained 718 houfes, and 3196 inhabitants; ip'i 

 being males, and 1763 females: 205 famiUes employed in 

 agriculture, and 375 in trade, manufadures, and handicratt. 



BRECKNOCKSHIRE, 1. 17, r. Thefe, with the ham- 



penalty 

 examine fufpefted places ; and if any perfon oppof^ him, he 

 incurs a forfeiture of 20/. 7 & 8 W. c. 30. No common 

 brewer fiiall ufe any pipes or other private conveyances from 

 any copper in his brew-houfe, &c. on pain of 200/. 8 & 9 W. 

 c. 19. 42 Geo. III. c. 38. Search (hall be made by the 

 officer, and the penalty of oppofing him is 50/. No common 

 brewer, innkeeper, viftualler, or other retailer of beer or 

 ale, (hall keep any private ftorehoufe or cellar for laying any 



lets, were peopled in 181 1 by 37,735 perfons, and contained beer or ale, or worts in caflc, on pain of 50/. 15 C. II. c. 1 1 

 houfes; 4667 famiUes being employed in agricultiu-e, i V/. ft. i. c 24. By_42 Geo. III. c. 38. every common 



III 2239 in trade and manufaaures.— L. 35. The other rivers 

 are, the Irvon, which falls into the Wye above the town of 

 BuUth ; the Tawe, which difcharges its waters into the 

 BriHol Channel at Swanfea; the Taaf ; the Llyfni, which 

 palfes through Langorfe Mere or Llynfavaddan, and runs 

 into the Wye at Glafbury ; the Melltie or IfUte, remarkable 

 for its fubterraneous paffage in one part of its courfe ; the 

 Hapfte, celebrated for its beautiful cafcade ; and the Honddy 

 at Brecknock. The principal lake in this county is Llyn- 

 favaddan; which fee — L.41. The iron-works of this county 

 are objeas of great importance, in conneaion with its com- 

 merce and profperity. The firft of thefe is at Llangrwyne, 

 intheparifti of Llangenau, now forming an appendage to 

 the works at Sirhowy in Monmouthfhire : the next works 

 are thofe in the vale of Clydach, in the parilh of LlaneUy : 

 there is another in the parilh of Llangattock ; others are 

 fituated near the fource of the Rumney river, on the borders 

 of Glamorganlhire ; and thofe of Hirwaun, in the panlh of 

 Pendergn, at the fouthern extremity of the county. 

 BRF.NTA. in Commerce, a liquid meafure in foi 



sine parts 



BRENTA, in Commerce, 

 of Italy, as at Bergamo. 



BRENTFORD. Add — Old Brentford forms a part 

 of Ealing parilh, which in 181 1 contained 922 houfes, and 

 5361 inhabitants; 2509 being males, and 2852 females. 

 New Brentford is a diftina parilh, and contained 297 houfes, 

 and 1733 inhabitants ; 809 being males, and 924 females. 



BRENTWOOD. In 181 1, Brentwood contained 218 

 houfes, and 1238 perfons; 575 being males, and 663 females. 

 Brentwood, in America, 1. 2, r. 905. 

 BRETON, Cape, 1. 6, for 34 r. 84. 

 BREWER. Add— By 43 Geo. III. c. 69. every com- 

 mon brewer of itrong beer (hall take out a licence, for which 

 he (hall pay according to the quantity of beer brewed by 

 him writhin the year, as fpecified in the z&i, ending 5th July 

 every year : but every perfon who (haU firft become a 

 brewer of ftrong beer, for every fuch licence l/. los., and 

 v*ithin ten days after the 5th of July, after taking out fuch 

 licence, fuch further additional fum as with the faid i/. ioj-. 

 (hall amount to the duty hereinbefore direaed to be paid, 

 according to the number of barrels of ftrong beer brewed 

 within the preceding yeer. If he negka to take out fuch 

 licence, and to renev/ it annually, ten days at leall before the 

 end of the year, he (hall forfeit 50/. 24 Geo. III. c.41. 

 And every common brewer of table beer, not being a com- 

 mon brewer of ftrong beer, fhall take out a licence and pay 

 for the fame yearly i/., to be renewed annually. By 42 

 Geo. III. c. 38. no perfsn not being a common brewer 

 ihall be allowed to retail beer at any higher price than 

 \^d. the quart without entering into a recognifance and 

 obtaining a licence as an ale-houfe keeper, under pain of for- 

 feiting for each offence 50/. over and above the penalty 

 I4t 



I V/. it. I. c. 24. Dy 42 Kjeo. ill. c. 

 brewer who (hall lay off any beer, ale, or worts contrary to 

 the 8 & 9 W. III. (liaU for every fuch offence forfeit 100/. 

 Perfons inhabiting a market-town, city or town corporate, 

 or parts adjoining to a city or town corporate, in which there 

 is a common brew-houfe, who (hall fuffer liquors to be 

 brewed in their houfes, otherwife than for their own families 

 or for purpofes of charity or hofpitality, and who (hall lend 

 out brewing veffels, (hall forfeit 50/. 22 & 23 C. II. c. y. 

 Gaugers fhall take an account, and obftruaing them in the 

 exercife of their office incurs a penalty of i o/. and forfeiture 

 of double value for beer, ale, or other fpecified liquors that 

 have been fold or delivered out, without payment of duty. 

 If any brewer (haU bribe the gauger to make a falfe return 

 he (hall forfeit 10/., and the officer fo bribed (hall forfeit 

 the fame fum; 5 C. II. c. 11. By 42 Geo. III. c. 38. 

 the penalty on mixing liquors to imitate beer, and to be 

 mixed with or ufed as beer made from malt and hops, or 

 felling fuch liquors, is 20c/. and forfeiture of liquor 

 and utenfils ; and the penalty on a brewer's receiving ftale 

 beer-grounds, and mixing any liquor with beer, except 

 malt and hops, is 100/. Excife officers are authorifed to 

 take faniples of fufpeaed bquors, fearch fufpefted places, 

 and feize forbidden liquors, ingredients, and utenfils ; and the 

 perfon in whofe cuilody they are found (hall forfeit 100/. 

 No common brewer fliall carry out any ale or beer to his 

 cuftomers in any city or market -town, before notice given to 

 an officer of excife, but between three in the morning and 

 nine in the evening from March 25 to September 29; and 

 between five in the morning and feven in the evening from Sep- 

 tember 29 to March 25, on pain of 20x. a barrel; 15 C. II. 



C. II. 



And whereas it is expedient that the quantities to be 

 returned as and for a barrel of beer or ale brewed by the 

 common brewer and the allowances for wafte (hould be in all 

 places the fame, it is enaaed that after the 5th day of July 

 1803 every 36 gallons of beer or ale brewed by the common 

 brewers in Great Britain, whether within the weekly bills of 

 mortahty or without the fame, taken according to the ftan- 

 dard of the ale quart four thereof to the gallon in the 

 exchequer, fhall be reckoned and returned by the gauger or 

 other officer of excife for a barrel of beer or ale ; and the 

 allowances to be made in Great Britain to the common 

 brewer not felling beer, ale, or worts in any lefs quantity than 

 a whole caik containing 4-5 gallons, whether within or with- 

 out the faid limits, for wafte by fillings and leakage, or 

 otherwife, out of the returns by the gaugers, or other officers, 

 ffiall be three barrels upon every 36 barrels, both of ftrong 

 beer or table beer and ale, and after that rate for any- greater 

 or lefs quantity ; 43 Geo. III. c. 69. A common brewer who 

 (hall fell beer, ale, or worts in any lefs quantity than in a 

 whole caflc containing 4^ gallons, fhall forfeit 50.'. for every 



fuch 



