Total of capital employed in articles, &c., of luxury, £406,953,000 443,990 houses' rental of Great Britain-£12,629,980, 300,000,000 Articles of Trade. Deposits in savings' banks, 3,741 ships in London, of 730,554 tons, at £13 per ton, £15,715,111 9,497,202 Cotton 296,076,640 lb., of which at 105,128 shopmen, clerks, warehousemen, 124,076 horses, not wholly used in la- 1,425,723 183,800,000 77,540,000 22,161,330 32,732 do let to hire, butchers' horses, 20,460,000 46,575,360 100,014,864 £2,736,640,000 75.220,000 1.072,427,751 Total of capital employed in articles, &c., of trade, £330,390,430 Total capital employed as above, £1,037,343,430 Savings' banks.] With such indications of accumulating wealth in the condition of the higher classes, it becomes an important and interesting inquiry how far it is shared by that portion of the community which is of a lower grade. If we consider the operations of the savings' banks as reflecting in some degree the peenniary means of the humbler classes, we shall find that amongst them also a great aggregate accumulation of capital appears to be taking place. Between November 1831 and November 1833, the number of depositors in Great Britain and Ireland increased 45,755; and the additional amount of money deposited was £1,403,464. The total number of depositors in all the banks was 475,155; and the total amount of deposits was £15,715,111. In England (with a population in 1841 of about 15,000,000) there were on the 30th of November, 1844, 445 savings' banks. In these 813.601 single depositors had placed £23,469,371; more than one-half of whom were depositors of sums not exceeding £20; about one Total property in the British empire, £4,096,530,895 A variety of calculations of the same nature as the above have been made by different economists; but it is evident that they must all be mere approximations to the truth, and are founded upon data of an extremely fluctuating, and at all times uncertain nature. It may be remarked however, that the British dominions in the East Indies have been considerably augmented since 1812; and that very great improve-quarter of sums not exceeding £50; and the rest were depositors ments, and an immense accumulation of property, have taken place throughout the British empire since the period in which Colquhoun wrote. Colonel Sykes estimated the increase of wealth and expenditure in the various classes of society within the kingdom between the years 1820 and 1832, as follows: of various amounts not exceeding, with interest, £200. Besides individuals, 18,689 friendly and charitable societies had placed in the English savings' banks £1,643.494, so that the total deposits amounted to £25,112,965 in accounts, which averaged in amount 2,600,000) there were on 20th November, 1844, 36 banks, contain£28 each. In Scotland (with a population in 1841 of about ing £966.149, which amount accrued from 68,791 single depositors; whilst 1,033 charitable and friendly societies were creditors to the amount of £77,034 more, making a total of 69,824 accounts, and £1,043,183 sterling. The average amount of each account was exactly half the average of the English deposits, being £14. In fact, more than two-thirds of the Scotch depositors were creditors for sums under £20; and the proportion of depositors in Scotland to the population was double that of the number of depositors to the population of England. Out of the 8,175,124 persons in Ireland, 90,144 were depositors of £2,685,698, which, with the accounts of 1,099 charitable and friendly societies, swelled the sum to £2,749,017. The average amount of each deposit was £29. The number of banks in Ireland was 73. In Wales there were twenty-three savings' banks, containing 18,007 individual accounts, which amounted to £518,348. The 683 friendly societies had £81,448 placed to their credit, making a total of 18,690 accounts, and £599,796 sterling. The number of Welsh depositors in proportion to the population (911,321 in 1841), was higher even than that of Scotland. There were then in Great Britain and Ireland, in November 1844, 527 savings' banks, containing £29,504,861, accruing from 1,012,047 accounts; independent of £1,770,775 deposited directly with the commissioners for the reduction of the national debt without the intervention of the savings' bank. Gross total-1,012,475 accounts, and £31,275,636 of stock. It appears that on the 20th of November, 1848, the total number of depositors in the United kingdom was 1,054,663, or about 4 per cent. of the population. In England the depositors were 888,141, or 5 per cent. 1832-Do., The gross The total number of savings' banks was 584. amount owing to depositors was £28,046,139 9s. 101d.; the annual expenses of management £103,102 19s. 34d; of which sum was paid for salaries £75,384 4s. 114d. The amount of security given by unpaid officers was £355,970; by paid officers, £323,310; total, £679,280. Amount of the surplus fund, £359,636 1s. 4fd.; number of annuities granted, 6,368; and the amount of annuities, £105,062 2s. 6d. The rate of interest upon deposits averages in England £2 18s. 104d.; Wales, £2 18s, 34d.; Scotland, £2 16s. 9d.; Ireland, £2 17s. 34d; and in the Channel islands, £3. BRITISH GUAYANA. See GUAYANA. BRITISH SOUND, or DIEGO SUAREZ BAY, an indentation of the NE coast of the island of Madagascar, separating the peninsula of Cape Andro from the prov. of Vohimar. BRITON-FERRY, a parish of Glamorganshire, 2 m. S of Neath, on the NE side of the bay of Swansea. Pop. in 1841, 718. BRITTANY, or BRETAGNE, an ancient prov. of France, forming a peninsular projection on the NW corner of the kingdom; and bounded on the N by the Channel and Normandy; on the E by Maine and Anjou; on the SE by Poitou; and on the S and W by the Atlantic. It now forms the five departments of Cotes-du-Nord, Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine, LoireInferièure, and Morbihan. Its ancient division was into Haute B., comprising the five bishoprics of Rennes, Nantes, Saint-Malo, Dol, and Saint-Brieuc, and of which the cap. was Rennes; and Basse B., comprising the four bishoprics of Vannes, Quimper, Saint-Pol-de-Leon, and Treguier, and of which the eap. was Vannes.-The coast of B. is of very irregular outline, and deeply indented by a succession of bays, and sprinkled with islets. The Menez chain of mountains traverses it from E to W, and attains an alt. of 1,300 ft. The principal rivers are the Oust and the Loire. The soil is fertile only on a few spots; a great portion of the interior is occupied with forests, or with vast barren sandy heaths called landes, and comparatively little grain or wine is produced; but considerable numbers of cattle are reared, and the flax and hemp produce is abundant and of excellent quality. Lead, iron, and coal are extensively wrought; and an active commerce is conducted in fruit, brandy, cattle, salted fish, butter, salt, iron, lead, and coal. The Bretons, or native inhabitants of B., differ essentially in features, language, manners, and general character from the rest of the French nation. They are a branch of the Celtic family; and their language, called the Armorican or Bas-Breton, is nearly allied to the Welsh. They are usually small in person, with hard ungainly features; squalidly filthy in their habits, and unskilful and indolent in cultivating the soil.-B. was governed for many centuries by its own dukes. It became united with the Crown by the marriage of Charles VIII. with Anne duchess of B., and definitively in 1532 under Francis I. It preserved, however, its statesgeneral and provincial privileges till the Revolution. BRITTNÁU, or BRITNAU, a town of Switzerland, in the cant. of Aargau, 3 m. S of Zofingen, on the Wigger. Pop. 2,121. Protestants. BRITVIN, a promontory on the W coast of the island of Nova Zembla, in N lat. 70° 10′, E long. 51°. BRITWAY, a parish in co. Cork, 5 m. SE of Rathcormac. Area 3,671 acres. Pop. 1,212. BRITWELL-SALOME, a parish of Oxfordshire, 54 m. SSE of Tetsworth. Area 730 acres. Pop. in 1841, 233. BRITZINGEN, a village of Baden, in the circle of the Upper Rhine, 16 m. SW of Freyburg. Pop. 562. The environs produce large quantities of wine, and afford gypsum and ochre. BRIVE', a small river of France, in the dep. of the Loire-Inferieure, formed by the junction of several small streams which rise to the N and NE of Savenay. It runs first E to Pont-Chateau, where it becomes navigable; then bends S; and after a course of 33 m. falls into the Loire, at a short distance from Saint-Nazaire. BRIVES, a village of France, in the dep. of the Indre, cant. and 8 m. S of Issoudun, on the 1. bank of the Theols. Iron is mined in the vicinity. BRIVES, or BRIVES-LA-GAILLARDE, an arrondissement, canton, commune, and town of France, in the dep. of Corrèze. The arrond. comprises an area of 149,981 hectares; and contains 10 cant., viz.: Ayen, Beaulieu, Beynac, B., Donzenac, Juillac, Larche, Lubersac, Meyssac, and Vigeois. Pop. in 1831, 111,024; in 1836, 113,094; in 1846, 115,734. The cant. comprises 11 com., and in 1831 contained a pop. of 17,279.-The town is situated in a fertile plain on the 1. bank of the Correze, 15 m. SW of Tulle. Pop. in 1789, 6,370; in 1836, 8,843; in 1846, 8,382. It possesses a communal college, a public library, a printing-press, and a chamber of commerce. The houses are generally substantially built of stone and covered with slate. It has manufactories of woollen fabrics, muslin, silk - handkerchiefs, wax candles, oil, and cotton - spinning mills; and carries on an active commerce in truffles and dindes truffées, chestnuts, wines of the locality, timber, oil, cattle, and wool. An annual cattle-fair is held here in June. In the vicinity is a coppermine, and a quarry of freestone. BRIVEZAC, a village of France, in the dep. of Correze, cant. of Beaulieu, on the r. bank of the Dordogne, 20 m. SE of Brives. Pop. 700. BRIVIESCA. See BRIBIESCA. BRIVIO, a town of Venetian Lombardy, in the gov. of Milan, prov. and 18 m. ESE of Como, on the r. bank of the Adda, near its point of issue from Lake Lecco. Pop. 1,500. A successful defence against the French was made here by the Austrians in 1799. BRIX, a commune of France, in the dep. of the Manche, cant. and 6 m. NW of Valognes. Pop. 3,088. BRIX. See BRUX. BRIX (Sr.), a town of France, in the dep. of Yonne, cant. and 6 m. SSE of Auxerre. Pop. 1,900. The environs, which are extremely fertile, afford excellent wine. BRIXEN, a town of Tyrol, in the gov. and 40 m. SSE of Innspruck, in the circle of Bruneck. It is beautifully situated amid lofty mountains, at the confluence of the Rienz with the Eisach, and at an alt. of 1,955 ft. above sea-level. It is built in the Italian style; and contains a cathedral, an episcopal palace, a parish church, a college, an episcopal seminary, and a gymnasium. Pop. 3,161. The environs produce both red and white wines, but the climate is too severe to produce wine of much excellence. The ancient bishopric of B. was secularised in 1803, converted into a principality, and united to Tyrol. BRIXHAM, a parish and seaport-town of Devonshire, 25 m. S of Exeter, near the S extremity of Tor-bay. Area of p. 5,210 acres. Pop. in 1841, 5,684. The town is a member of the port of Dartmouth, and has a good harbour, with upwards of 20,000 tons of mercantile shipping, besides fishingcraft. BRIXLEGG, a village of Tyrol, in the gov. and 26 m. ENE of Innspruck, circle of Schwatz, near the Inn. It contains silver, copper, and lead founderies belonging to the government. BRIXTON, a parish of Devon, 2 m. SSE of Plympton-Earl. Area 3,060 acres. Pop. in 1841, 823.-Also a p. in West Medina liberty, Isle of Wight, division of the co. of Southampton, 6 m. SW of Newport. Area 2,700 acres. Pop. in 1841, 710. BRIXTON-DEVERILL, a parish of Wilts, 4 m. S of Warminster. Area 2,690 acres. Pop. in 1841, 197. BRIXTON-ST.-MATTHEW, a district of Lambeth parish, Surrey, 44 m. WSW of St. Paul's cathedral, near the London and Southampton railway. Pop. in 1841, 10,175. It forms one of the most agreeable suburbs of the metropolis. On the summit of Brix ton-hill stands one of the metropolitan houses-ofcorrection for the county of Surrey. BRIXWORTH, a parish of Northamptonshire, 6 m. N of Northampton. Area 3,410 acres. Pop. in 1841, 1,202. BRIZEMBOURG, a town of France, in the dep. of the Charente-Inferieure, cant. of St. Hilaire, 9 m. S of St.-Jean-d'Angély. BRNO. See BRUNN. BRO, a town of Sweden, on the island of Gottland or Wisby, 8 m. ENE of Wisby.-Also a town in the fogder and 22 m. SW of Carlstad. BROACH. See BAROACH. BROADALBIN, a township of Fulton co., in the state of New York, U. S., 42 m. NW of Albany. Pop. in 1840, 2,738. BROAD-CHALK, a parish of Wilts, 74 m. SW of Wilton. Area 8,380 acres. Pop. in 1841, 391. BROADCLIST, a parish of Devon, 5 m. NE of Exeter, near the Bristol and Exeter railway. Area 10,270 acres. Pop. in 1841, 2,407. BROAD-CREEK, a hundred of Sussex co., in the state of Delaware, U. S. Pop. in 1840, 2,640. BROADFIELD, a tything in the p. of Wringham, Somerset. Area 3,620 acres. Pop. in 1841, 575. BROADFIELD, or BRADFIELD, a parish of Hertfordshire, 3 m. WNW of Buntingford. Area 620 acres. Pop. in 1841, 6. BROADFORD, a village in the p. of Kilseily, co. Clare, 7 m. W of Killaloe. Pop. 316.-Also a v. in the p. of Killagholehane, co. Limerick. Pop. 239. BROADGREEN, a hamlet in the p. of Broadwas, Worcestershire. Pop. in 1841, 113. BROADHAVEN, a spacious bay on the N coast of co. Mayo, between Kid island on the E and Erris head on the W. It sends off a curved prolongation towards the head of Blacksod bay, from which it is separated only by a narrow isthmus. BROADHEATH, a hamlet in the p. of Hallow, Worcestershire. Pop. in 1841, 482. BROADHEMBURY, a parish of Devon, 5 m. NW of Honiton, and 6 m. E of the Bristol and Exeter railway. Area 5,950 acres. Pop. in 1841, 851. BROADHEMPSTON, a parish of Devon, 4 m. SE of Ashburton. Area 2,140 acres. Pop. in 1841, 747. BROAD-HINTON, a parish of Wilts, 6 m. SSW of Swindon. Area 4,670 acres. Pop. in 1841, 670. BROADHOLME, a hamlet in the p. of Thorney, Nottinghamshire, 11 m. NE of Tuxford. Area 550 acres. Pop. in 1841, 90. BROAD-KILL, a hundred in Sussex co., in the state of Delaware, U. S. Pop. in 1840, 3,741. BROADLACY, a hamlet in the p. of St. Ishmael, Carmarthenshire. Pop. in 1841, 321. BROAD-LANE, a township in the p. of Hawarden, Flintshire, 5 m. NE of Mold. Pop. in 1841, 51. BROADLAW, a mountain in Peebles-shire, in the N part of the p. of Tweedsmuir. Alt. 2,741 ft. above sea-level. It is of easy ascent, and is clothed with fine turf. BROADMAYNE, a parish of Dorset, 4 m. SSE of Dorchester. Area 2,540 acres. Pop. in 1841, 490. BROADOAK, or BRADOCK, a parish of Cornwall, 6 m. WSW of Liskeard. Area 3,240 acres. Pop. in 1841, 303. BROAD RIVER, a river in the state of Georgia, U. S., which unites with the Savannah at Petersburg. -Also an arm of the sea in the state of S Carolina, between Port Royal island and the continent.-Also a river in the state of N Carolina, which receives the Pacolet and Tiger rivers from the W, and unites with the Saluda above Columbus. BROAD RIVER, a river of Van Diemen's Land, | in New Norfolk co., which rises to the NW of Mount Field; runs NNE; and falls into the Derwent, 10 m. W of Hamilton. BROADSEA, a village on the coast of the p. of Fraserburgh in Aberdeenshire. Pop. 326. BROADSOUND, an extensive bay on the NE coast of Australia, to the SW of Northumberland islands, in N lat. 22° 28', and E long. 149° 30'. BROADSTAIRS, formerly BRADSTOW, a hamlet in the p. of St. Peter, on the coast of the Isle of Thanet, Kent, 75 m. E of London, and 2 m. N of Ramsgate. It is a member of the town and port of Dover; and has of late years been much resorted to as a watering-place. BROADSTONE, a township in the p. of Munslow, Salop. Pop. in 1841, 210. BROADWARD, a township in the p. and 13 m. S of Leominster, Herefordshire. Pop. in 1841, 50. BROADWAS, a parish of Worcestershire, on the N bank of the Teme, 6 m. W of Worcester. Area 1,000 acres. Pop. in 1841, 326. BROADWATER, a parish of Sussex, 1 m. N of Worthing. Area 2,240 acres. Pop. in 1841, 5,345. See also BASSENTHWAITE. BROADWAY, a parish of Dorset, 3 m. NW of Melcombe-Regis, intersected by the Bath and Weymouth railway. Area 1,000 acres. Pop. in 1841, 498.-Also a p. in Somerset, 24 m. NW of Ilminster, near the Chard canal. Area 1,830 acres. Pop. in 1841, 570.-Also a p. of Worcestershire, 53 m. SE of Evesham. Area 4,800 acres. Pop. in 1841, 1,687. BROADWELL, or BRADLE, a parish of Gloucestershire, 1 m. NNE of Stow-on-the-Wold, intersected by the Cheltenham, Oxford, and London Union railroad. Area 1,600 acres. Pop. in 1841, 345. BROADWELL, a parish of Oxfordshire, 5 m. S of Burford. Area 5,990 acres. Pop. in 1841, 1,051. -Also a hamlet in the p. of Leamington-Hastings, Warwickshire. Pop. in 1841, 220. BROADWINDSOR, a parish of Dorset, 3 m. WNW of Beaminster. Area 7,110 acres. Pop. in 1841, 1,661. BROADWOOD-KELLY, a parish of Devon, 5 m. NE of Hatherleigh. Area 2,190 acres. Pop. in 1841, 471. BROADWOODWIDGER, a parish of Devon, 6 m. NE of Launceston, intersected by the Exeter and Falmouth railway. Area 7,350 acres. Pop. in 1841, 923. BROA KAY, an indentation of the SW coast of the island of Cuba, enclosed on the S by Point-Gorda, in N lat. 22° 30', and W long. 82o. BROBURY, a parish of Herefordshire, 84 m. NE of Hay, on the N bank of the Wye. Area 440 acres. Pop. in 1841, 71. BROC (LE), a commune of France, in the dep. of Puy-de-Dome, cant. of Issoire. Pop. 1,117. BROCHON, a commune of France, in the dep. of Côte-d'Or, cant. of Gevray, 8 m. from Dijon. Pop. 444. The environs afford good red wines. BROCK. See BROECK. BROCK, a township in the Home district, in Canada West, on the Black river. Pop. in 1840, 1,541. BROCKDISH, a parish of Norfolk, 3 m. WSW of Harleston, on the N bank of the Wavency. Area 1,080 acres. Pop. in 1841, 466. BROCKDORF, a town of Holstein, on the N bank of the Elbe, 7 m. NW of Gluckstadt. It possesses a small harbour. BROCKEN, BLOCK SBERG, or BLOXBERG, & mountain of Germany, in N lat. 51° 48' 11", 9 m. S of Osterwieck, and 20 m. WSW of Halberstadt, in the Hanoverian territory of Grubenhagen. It forms the culminating point of the Hartz range; and its summit, which rises to the height of 3,729 ft. above sea level, is covered from November to June with snow. It is of primitive granitic formation; and covers at its base an area 5 m. in length, and 3 m. in breadth. The upper part of the mountain is a vast clumsy cone, terminating in a broad flat plain, covered with stones, between which are scanty patches of grass and dry moor. In a series of meteorological observations made on the B. from 1836 to 1845, the greatest height of the barom. was 25′′ 2′′"60 on the 27th of December 1840; and the lowest, 23′′ 4′′-62 on 15th January 1843. The average elevation throughout the 8 years was 24" 6" 08. The greatest heat was 21° 6' R., or 80° 37′ F., on 8th July 1845; and the lowest, -22° 4′ R. or -18° F., on 10th January 1838. The prevailing wind is from the SW; and next to it from the W. [Mahlmann's Monatsberichte.] Great difference obtains in the various admeasurements which have been made of this celebrated mountain. Thus Ebel assigns it only 2,528 Parisian ft.; De Luc, 3.268; Erxleben, 3,275; Hofer, 3,360; Schultz, 3,480; Zollner, 3,528; Rosenthal, 3,572; and Winkler, 3,640 Parisian ft. The B. derives its physical importance chiefly from the circumstance that the whole country around it is comparatively level, or presents only a few low hills. Potatoes are successfully cultivated on its declivities. The Bode, Ilse, Schluft, and Ecker, are the principal rivers which have their origin in this mountain. Near the summit stands what is called the B. house, a large stone building 130 ft. long and 30 ft. wide, with walls 5 ft. thick, erected in 1800 for the accommodation of tourists. BROCKENHURST, a parish of Southampton, 4 m NW of Lymington. Area 2,980 acres. Pop. in 184), 928. BROCKFORD, a hamlet in the parish of Wetheringsett. Suffolk. Pop. 277. BROCKHAGEN, a village of Prussia, in the prov. of Westphalia, circle and 6 m. S of Halle. Pop. 2.000. It possesses extensive distilleries, and has a considerable trade in thread. Hops are cultivated in large quantities in the environs. BROCKHALL, a parish of Northamptonshire, 4 m. E of Daventry, intersected by the London and Birmingham railway, and the Grand Junction canal. Area 720 acres. Pop. in 1841, 59. BROCKHAMPTON, a tything in the p. of Buckland-Newton, Dorset, 12 m. NE of Dorchester. Pop. in 1841, 65.-Also a chapelry in the p. and 2 m. NE of Bromyard, Herefordshire. Area 1,410 acres. Pop. in 1841, 88.-Also a p. of Herefordshire, 6 m. N of Ross, on the E bank of the Wye. Area 620 acres. Pop. in 1841, 132.-Also a tything in the p. of Havant. Southampton. Pop. in 1841, 109. BROCKLEBANK. a township in the p. of Westward, Cumberland, 4 m. SE of Wigton. Pop. in 1841, 171. BROCKLESBY, a parish of Lincolnshire, in Yarhorough wapentake. Area 3,860 acres. Pop. in 1841, 229. BROCKLEY, a parish of Somerset, 9 m. NE of Axbridge, intersected by the Bristol and Exeter railway. Area 910 acres. Pop. in 1841, 171.-Also a p. of Suffolk, 63 m. SSW of Bury St. Edmunds. Area 1.080 acres. Pop. in 1841, 380. BROCKPORT, a village of Sweden township, Monroe co., in the state of New York, U. S., 235 m. WNW of Albany, on the Eric canal. Pop. in 1840, 1,249. BROCKTHROP, or BROOKтHROP, a parish of Gloucestershire, 3 m. NW of Painswick, near the Cheltenham and Great Western railroad. Area 1,100 acres. Pop. in 1841, 169. BROCKTON, a township in the p. of Hyssington, Salop. Pop. in 1841, 303.-Also a township in the p. of Baswick, Staffordshire, 34 m. SE of Stafford, | near the Stafford and Worcester canal. Area 1,990 Pop. in 1841, 238. BROCKVILLE, a town of Canada West, in Leeds co., on the 1. bank of the St. Lawrence, 20 m. above Prescott, 56 m. E of Kingston. It is a thriving town, and possesses an active trade. Pop. 2,111. BROCKWEAR COMMON,extra-parochial, Gloucestershire. Pop. in 1841, 212. BROCKWORTH, a parish of Gloucestershire, 4 m. ESE of Gloucester. Area 2,360 acres. Pop. in 1841, 409. BROD, a town of Turkey in Europe, in Bosnia, in the sanjak and 70 m. NNE of Trawnik, on the r. bank of the Save, opposite the Sclavonian town of the same name. It is defended by a strong castle, and is an important commercial entrepot.-Also a town of Illyria, gov. of Trieste, circle and 24 m. NE of Fiume, on the Kulpa. Pop. 1,185. It contains a seignorial castle, and a Catholic church. Iron is wrought in the environs. BROD, or BROOD, a town and fortress of Hungary, in the Military confines, on the 1. bank of the Save, opposite the Turkish town of the same name, and 20 m. SE of Posega. Pop. 2,198. It is of great strength, and possesses an active trade in hides, wool, and cotton, with the adjacent districts. BROD (UNGARISCH), or UHERSKY-BROD, a town of Austria in Moravia, circle and 8 m. ESE of Hradisch, on the r. bank of the Olsawa. Pop. 3,309, of whom 2,440 are Catholics, and the remainder Jews. It is surrounded by old walls of great strength, and contains a fine seignorial castle belonging to the princes of Kaunitz. It possesses manufactories of cloth, and has an active commerce in fruit, skins, and leather. BROD (BOHMISCH), a walled town of Bohemia, in the circle and 7 m. NW of Kaurzim, on the Zembera, 20 m. E of Prague. Pop. 621. BROD (DEUTSCH), or NIEMECZKY BROD, a town of Bohemia, in the circle and 26 m. SSE of Czaslau, on the r. bank of the Sazawa. Pop. 3,938. It contains a gymnasium, and an extensive custom-house. BROD (REGIMENT), or BRODER-REGIMENT, a subdivision of Hungary, in the Military confines; bounded on the N by the comitats of Posega, Veröcze, and Syrnica; on the E by the regiment of Peterwardein; on the S by Bosnia, from which it is separated by the Save; and on the W by the regiment of Gradisca. It comprises an area of 764 sq. m., and is intersected by the Berava and Bosut. Pop. in 1837, 72,372. Cap, Vinkovcze. BRODE (GREAT), a town of Holstein, on an inlet of the Baltic, near the W entrance of Femer sound, and 10 m. NE of Oldenburg. BRODECZ, a town of Bohemia, circle of Bunzlau, on the 1. bank of the Iser, opposite the fine castle of Horka, and 6 m. S of Jung-Bunzlau. Pop. 792. BRODICK. See ARRAN. BRODRAH. See BARODA. BRODSDORF (UNTER), or AL-KENYER, a village of Transylvania, in the stuhl of Szaszvaros, near the Maros, in the plain of Brodfeld, or Kenyer-Mezö, where the Turks were defeated by Stephen Bathory in 1479. BRODSWORTH, a parish in the W. R. of Yorkshire, 54 m. WNW of Doncaster, and 44 m. E of the York and North-Midland railway. Area 3,170 acres. Pop. in 1841, 467. BRODY, a town of Galicia, in the gov, and 50 m. ENE of Lemberg, circle and 23 m. NE of Zloczów, on the confines of Volhynia. Pop. in 1837, 16,681, of whom three-fourths were Jews. It contains a castle, 3 Greek churches, and 3 synagogues. The houses are chiefly built of wood. It is a place of great commercial importance, forming one of the chief centres of the international traffic of Austria and Russia, and the principal entrepot of the trade of Poland with Moldavia, Wallachia, Turkey, and the southern districts of Russia. Its fairs are the most important in Galicia; and it has extensive tanneries and linen factories. Its commerce consists in horses, cattle, tallow, hides, furs, leather, wax, honey, dried fruits, colonial grains, articles of local manufacture, chiefly ironmongery and jewellery, &c. BROKEN STRAW, a township of Warren co., in the state of Pennsylvania, U. S. Pop. in 1840, 1,149. BROKUS KRAAL, a town of S Africa, in the Bechuanas territory, on the N bank of the Makkwarin, 20 m. NNW of Old Lattaku. BROLADRE (SAINT), a commune of France, in the dep. of the Ille-et-Vilaine, cant. of Pleine-Fougeres. Pop. 1,613. BROMBACH, a town of Baden, in the Upper Rhine circle, NE of Lörrach. Pop. 602. BROMBERG, a government of the Prussian states, BROEK, or BROEK-IN-WATERLAND, a village of Holland, in the prov. of N Holland, arrond. of Hoorn, 2 m. SW of Monnikendam, and 7 m. NE of Am-forming with that of Posen the grand duchy of Posen. sterdam. Pop. 1,200. It is one of the best-built and It has its name from its chief town, and contained, richest in the environs of the cap., and is still re- on 4,580 sq. m., in 1831, 324,785 inhabitants, Poles markable for the singular neatness of its streets and and Germans, of whom 119,208 were Protestants; buildings. Its houses, although generally small, are 185,046 Catholics; and 20,531 Jews. In 1846 the loaded with fantastic ornaments, and painted green, pop. was returned at 463,969, of whom 260,840 were blue, and white; and fronting each is a small garden; Catholics. The soil is sandy, marshy, and on the the streets are paved with brick, and kept most scru- whole unfruitful; but produces corn, flax, hemp, and pulously clean. The commerce of B., which is ex-potatoes, and a considerable quantity of timber. It tremely active, consists chiefly in corn and cattle. is subdivided into 9 circles, of which that of B. conBROEKHINSEN, a commune of the Netherlands, | tains on an area of 575 sq. m. about 45,000 inhabiin the prov. of Limburg, arrond. and 21 m. N of tants; in 1846, 56,038. Roermond, near the 1. bank of the Meuse, 50 m. NNE of Maastricht. Pop. 824. It possesses manufactories of oil and gloves, and tile and brick-works. BROGDEN WITH ADMERGILL, a township in the p. of Barnoldwick, W. R. of Yorkshire, 9 m. WSW of Skipton, near the Leeds and Liverpool canal. Area 1,670 acres. Pop. in 1841, 219. BROMBERG, [POLISH, Bydgoszcz,] a town of the Prussian states, in the grand duchy of Posen, 30 m. NW of Thorn, and 5 m. W of the river Vistula, the cap. of the district of the Netze, and of a dep. and circle of the same name. It stands on the navigable river Brahe, and contains 650 houses, a Lutheran and a Catholic church, 2 convents, a Catholic academy, BROGDEN, a mountain of SE Australia, at the S2 hospitals, a royal granary, a provincial workhouse, extremity of the Cocopara or Peel range, in S lat. 34° 10', and E long. 147o 15'. BROGLIE, or CHAMBROIS, a canton, commune, and town of France, in the dep. of Eure, arrond. of Bernay. The canton comprises 27 com., and in 1831 possessed a pop. of 11,767. The town is 8 m. from Bernay. Pop. 1,007. BROHL, a village of Prussia, in the prov. of the Rhine, gov. of Coblentz, and circle of Ahrweiler, on the Rhine. Pop. 800. Copper is wrought in the environs. BROHME, a town of Hanover, in the landrost of Lüneberg, 10 m. NE of Gifhorn, on the r. bank of the Ohre. Pop. 547. BROICH, a seignory and village of Prussia, in the prov. of the Rhine, regency and 20 m. N of Dusseldorf, circle and 6 m. E of Duisberg, near the Ruhr. The castle of B. stands on the 1. bank of the Ruhr, to the W of Mulheim. Pop. of the seignory with Stirum, 11,624. BROK, a town of Poland, 90 m. ENE of Plock, obwod and 33 m. SSE of Ostroleka, on the r. bank of the Bug. Pop. 1,100. It was formerly the residence of the bishops of Plock. BROKEL, a town of Hanover, prov. of Luneberg, 22 m. ENE of Hanover. BROKEN BAY, an extensive indentation of the SE coast of Australia, between the counties of Northumberland and Cumberland, and forming the estuary of the Hawkesbury river, in S lat. 33° 35', and E long. 151° 25'. It is 2 m. in breadth, and contains several good anchorages. BROKENBOROUGH, a parish of Wilts, 2 m. NW of Malmesbury. Area 2,590 acres. Pop. in 1841, 429. BROKENHAUGH, a quarter in Haydon parochial chapelry, p. of Warden, Northumberland, 6 m. NW of Hexham, near the Newcastle and Carlisle railway. Pop. in 1841, 250. BROKEN POINT, a promontory of the SW coast of Burmah, in the prov. of Bassain, in N lat. 16° 55', and E long. 94° 28'.-Also a headland at the NW extremity of Nita island, forming the SW side of White Bear bay, in Hudson's straits, in N lat. 63° 40, and W long. 73°. | infantry barracks, an extensive sugar-refinery, and 9,862 inhabitants, the majority of whom are Protestants. Here are manufactures of leather, stockings, linen stuffs, and pottery; and a trade is carried on in corn, wool, timber, and leather; there are also several breweries, distilleries, and mercantile depots. This place, founded in 1346, gives name to a canal which was completed in 1775, and connects the Brahe near Bromberg, with the Netze near Nakel. It is about 19 m. long; 28 ft. broad; and 34 ft. deep; and has 11 sluices. It cost at first a sum of 700,000 dollars, and it requires an yearly outlay of about 4,000 dollars to keep it in repair. This canal is a work of great importance, as completing the communication between the Vistula, the Oder, and the Elbe. BROMBORROW, or BROMBOROUGH, a parish of Cheshire, 5 m. NE of Great Neston, intersected by the Chester and Birkenhead railway. Area 2,250 acres. Pop. in 1841, 573. BROMBY, a township in Frodingham parish, Lincolnshire, 7 m. WNW of Glandford-Brigg. Pop. in 1841, 160. BROMBY ISLANDS, a group of small islands off Cape Wilberforce, on the NE coast of Australia, in S lat. 11° 50', and E long. 136° 42′. BROME, a parish of Suffolk. Area 1,650 acres. Pop. in 1841, 328. BROME, a township of Lower Canada, in the co. of Shefford, bounded on the N by Shefford, on the E by Bolton, on the S by Sutton, and on the W by Dunham and Farnham. It is to a great extent covered with rocky hills, unfit for culture, but affording good timber, and mountain iron-ore. The lower ground is capable of producing grain, flax, hemp, &c. Towards the E of the township a lake of the same name, about 9 m. in circumference, near which sev |eral settlements have been formed. Pop. 600. BROMESWELL, a parish of Suffolk, 24 m. NE of Woodbridge, on the Deben. Area 3,060 acres. Pop. in 1841, 200. BROMFIELD, a parish and township of Salop, 2} m. WNW of Ludlow. Area 9,330 acres. Pop. in 1841, of parish, 655; of township with that of Lady-Halton and Prior's-Halton inclusive, 531. |