form Bill by the House of Lords. The populace
were in complete insurrection for two or three
days ; many buildings were sot on fire and des-
troyed, and several people killed, it is 13 in.
W. N W. of Bath, 34 S. S. V. of Gloucester,
and 114 W. of London. Lon j. 2. 30. W. lat. 51.

27. N.

Bristol, a maritime county ofthe state of 'Mas-
sachusetts, bounded on the south by Buzzard's
Bay, and west by the state of Rhode Island.
Pop. 49,474. Taunton, the chief town, situate near
the head of a river of the same name, nearly in the
centre of the county, is 33 m. south of Boston.
New Bedford, on Buzzard’s Bay, is the other prin-
cipal town.

Bristol, a small maritime county of the state of
Rhode Island, bounded on the west by the upper
part of the preceding county, and on the east
by Naraganset Bay. Pop. 5,406. The chief
town of the same name, situate near the south end
of the county, was distinguished for the part
which it took in the slave trade previous to its
abolition by the American government. It owns
about 7,000 tons of shipping.

Bristol, p.t. Lincoln Co. Me. 13 m. E. Wiscas-
set. Pop. 2,450.

Bristol, ph. Grafton Co. N. II. 90 m. from Bos-
ton. Pop.. 799.

Bristol, ph. Bristol Co. R. I. seat of justice for
the county of the same name. It stands on Nar-
agunset Bay. 15 m. S. Providence. It is a hand-
s joe town and has considerable commerce. Pop.
3.954.

Bristol, ph. Hartford Co. Conn. Pop. 1,707.
This town has large manufactures of wooden and
brass clocks, and 30,000 are sometimes made in a
year.

Bristol, pit. Ontario Co. N. Y. 213 m. W. Alba-
ny. Pop. 2,952. There are 7 other towns of this
name in Pa. and Ohio.

Bristol Bay, a spacious bay, formed by two pro-
jecting points of the west coast of North America.
The mouth of a river called Bristol River, falling
into the head of the bay is in the lat. of 58. 12. N.
and 157. 33. W. long, and Cape Newnham, which
forms the north point of the bay is in lat. 58. 34.
N. and 161. 55. W. long, and the island of Oona-
laska. one of the Aleutian group off the south
print of the bay, is in lat. 53. 54. W. and 166. 22.
W. long.

Bristol Channel, an arm of the sea between the
s-.-uth coast of Wales and the north coast of the
c aunties of Somerset and Devon, leading into the
rivers Severn and Lower Avon on which the city
of Br fa ^! is situate ; hence its name or rather
misjtv’uer. lor it should properly be called Bristol
Bar. in? term channel being applicable only to
strv’-s of the sea that have passages through them,
wnich that in question has not.

Brita n. S e Great Britain.

Britain.    a    country    of North America,

comprehending all the tract N. of Canada, com-
monly called t te Esquimaux country, including
Labrador and New North, and South Wales. It is
subject to Great 3r.*rin: and lies between 50. and
70. N. lat. and 5 and nm y⁷. long. There ate
innumerable faxes and morasses, which are cov-
ered with ice and snow a great part of the year.
The principal settlements belong to the English
Hudson Bay Company. See Esquimaux, Hudson
Bay, and Labrador.

Britain, New, an island in the South Pacific
Ocean, to the east of New Guinea, explored by
D&nipier, who sailed through the strait which se-
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parates it from New Guinea; and captain Carte-
ret, 1767, sailed through a channel which divides
it on the N. E. from a long island, called New
Ireland. New Britain lies in long. 152. 20 E
and lat. 4. 0. S. The shores of both islands are
rocky, the inland parts high and mountainous,
but covered with trees of various kinds, among
which are the nutmeg, the cocoa nut, and differ-
ent kinds of palm. The inhabitants are black_and
woolly-headed, like negroes, but have not their
flat noses and thick lips.

Brittany. See Bretagne.

British America, comprises the whole of the
north part of the northern division of the western
hemisphere, from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Ocean, extending south in the long, of 83. W. to
the lat. of about 42. N. but further west it is
bounded on the south by a conventional line di-
viding it from the territory claimed by the United
States of America, in the lat. of about 48. N. This
extensive territory of several millions of square
miles will be found more particularly elucidated
under the ten heads, as specified under the head
of British Empire.

Brim, a town of France, in the department of
Correze, with manufactures of silk handkerchiefs,
muslins, gauzes, &c It is seated on the Cor-
reze, opposite the influx of the Vezere, in a de-
lightful valley, 12 m. S. W. of Tulle. Pop. about

6,000.

Brix, or Brux, a considerable town of Bohemia,
at the north end of the circle of Saaz, about 8 m.
S. W. of Bilin, and 40 N. W. of Prague. Pop.

2,500.

Briren. a principality of Germany, lately a
bishopric, in the east part of Tyrol. It is extreme-
ly mountainous, but produces excellent wine.

Brixen, a town of Germany, capital of the prin-
cipality of Brixen. Beside the cathedral, there
are one parochial and six other churches. It was
taken by the French in 1796, and again in 1797.
It is seated on the Eysach, at the influx of the
Rientz, 38 m. S. by E. of Inspruck. Pop. 4,000.

Brixham, a small seaport in Devonshire, Eng.
on the west side of Torbay, celebrated for its
fishery. A quay has beetl built for the purpose of
supplying the ships of war with water. The
rince of Orange, afterward William III., landed
ere in 1638. ft is 4 m. N. E. of Dartmouth, and
201 W. by S. of London. Pop. in 1821, 4,503.

Brizcn, or Bvitzen, a town of Brandenburg, in
the Middle mark, on the Adah, 18 m. N. E. of
Wittenberg.

Broach. 'See Baroach.

Broadalbin, ph. Montgomery* Co. N. Y. 45 m.
N. W. Albany. Pop. 2,657.

Broadkiln, t. Sussex Co. Del.

Broadstairs, a village in Kent, Eng. or. ihe sea-
shore, two miles north of Ramsgate. It has a
small pier, with a harbour for light vessels; and
is a fashionable resort for sea-bathing, more retired
than Ramsgate. Population inconsiderable.

Broadwater, a village in Sussex, Eng. near the
sea-coast, 4 m. W. of Shoreham. Pop. in 1S21,
3,725.

Brod, Brodt, or Brodo, a strong town of Scla-
vonia, on the river Saave, which divides it from
the Turkish province of Bosnia, where the empe-
ror gained a victory over the Turks in 1688. It
is 45 m. S. W. of Esseck, and about 120 west of
Belgrade. Long. 18. 30. E. lat. 46. 10. N.

Brod Hun, or Hun Brod, a town of Moravia, on
the frontiers of Hungary, 10 m E S. E. of
Hradisch. Pop. about 3,000.