Brooklyn, a large town on Long Island, sepa-
rated from the city of New York by the narrow
channel called East River. It is properly a
suburb of that city and is a place of great business.
It is regularly built, and contains many fine
houses, the residence of merchants from the city.
The-United States Navy Yard is in the east part
of the town upon a bay calk'd the Wallabout.
Pop. 15,30(5. Near this town a bloody battle was
fought with the British in 177(5, and the neigh-
bourhood exhibits many remains of the fortifica-
tions thrown up at that time.

Brooklyn, t. Cuyahoga Co. Ohio.

Brooks'cille, ph. Hancock Co. Vie. Pop. 1,089.

Broohville, the chief town of Franklin county,
Indiana. It is finely situated between the east and
west forks of the White .Water River, which falls
into the Miami, a little above its entrance into
the Ohio.

Broome, a south frontier county of the state of
New York, bordering on Susquehannah county,
Pennsylvania, and the S. E. corner borders on
the Dela ware River. It has some mountain dis-
tricts. Pop. 17,582. Binghampton, on the north
bank of the Susquehannah, 143 miles W. by S. of
Albany, is the chief town.

Broome, is also the name of a township in Scho-
narie e untv. New York, 53 m. AV. of Albany.
Pen. 3.1 H.

L '>xe2x96xa0 L -: . C 'oi and Little, two lakes or arms
of the sea. on the west c oast of Scotland, in Ross-
shire. They c ontain several g.->d harbours, nave
long been noted for excellent herrings, and are
esteemed as the best fishing stations on the coast.
Ullapool, on the N. E. coast of the Great Loch is
a good harbour, and at the head is the town of
Lochbrooin, the parish of which, in 1821, contain-
ed a population of 4,540.

Broro, a river of Scotland, in Sutherlandshire,
which issues from a lake of the same name, and
forms several cascades in its course to the town of
Brora, where it enters the sea.

Brora, a village of Scotland, on the S. E. coast
cf Sutherlandshire, with a small harbour at the
mouth of the Brora, 14 m. N. E. of Dornoch.

Broscley, a town of Shropshire, Eng. it is situ-
ate near the Severn, on the west side, in a very
interesting and important district, abounding in
c .al. :r?-n, and lime. The celebrated iron-works

C Irbrooke Dale are in the parish, and imme-
d.-.e vicinity of the town, on the banks of the
river, over which there is an iron bridge of one
arch. leading to Madelv, on the opposite side,
which mcv be considered an appendage to the
district. It has also an extensive porcelain manu-
fact ry. an r another of tobacco pipes. The coal
of this district contains much bitumen, and in 1711
naphtha was discovered issuing from a spring of
water, but which has totally disappeared since
1755. Broselv is f> m. X. N. W. of Bridgenorth,
and 14fiN.W.cf London. Pop. in 1821, 4,815,
which owing to the more extensive iron-works in
Glamorganshire having superseded a portion of the
demand from this district, is rather less than in
1800. Mad thy and the surrounding district con*;
tain afurthei population of 6,000 to 8,000.

Brotherton, a village in AVest Yorkshire, Eng.
one mile north of Ferrybridge, where Thomas de
Brotherton, son of Edward f. was born. It has a
trade in lime. Pop. 1.726.

Brouoge, a town of France, in the department
of Lower Charente. It has the most considerable
salt-works in France, and stands near a bay of the
Kin, 17 m. S. of Rochelle.

Brouca, a towin of Sicily, in Val di Demona, on
the gulf of Catania, 15 m. S. of Catania.

Brough, a towin in Westmoreland, Eng. Near
it is a cotton spinning manufacture, at the foot of
a mountain. It is 8 m. E. S. E. of Appleby, and
261 N. N. W. of London. Pop. 940.

Bowershaven, a seaport of Holland on the north
side of the island of Schonen, 9 m. S. W. of Hel-
voetsluvs'. Long. 3. 50. E. lat. 41. 38. N.

Brown, a frontier county of the state of Ohio,
bounded on the south by the Ohio River, which
divides it from Mason county, Kentucky. Pop.
17,867. Georgetown is the chief towin.

Brown, is also the name of a county in the
Michigan territory, westward of Lake Michigan.
Pop. 964. Vlenomonie, is the chief town or sta-
tion of the county.

Brownfield, t. Oxford Co. Me. Pop. 936.

Brmcnhelm, ph. Huron Co. Ohio.

Brownington, t. Orleans Co. Vt. Pop. 412.

Brownsborough, ph. Madison Co. Alab.

Brownsburg, 2 villages in Rockbridge Co. Va.
and Washington Co. Ten.

Broimistow?i, p.v. Wayne Co. Michigan, 16 m.
S. W. Detroit.

Broionstown, ph. the seat of justice for Jackson
Co. Ind. 43 m. N. W. Louisville.

Brownsville, ph. Jefferson Co. N. Y. on Sack-
ett’s Harbour. Pop. 2,938.

Brownsville, ph. Penobscot Co. Me. Pop. 402
Also the name of 5 other towns in Pa., N. and S
Carolina, Ken. and Illinois.

Brownsville, a town of Pennsylvania, in Fay-
ette county. The trade to Kentucky renders it a
flourishing place, and many boats are buiit here.
The vicinity abounds with monuments of Indian
antiquity- It is seated on the VIonongahela, at
the mouth of Redstone Creek, 30 m. S. S. E. of
Pittsburg. - Also the name of 3 townships in Pa.
and Ohio.

Bracetoivn, p.v. Frederick Co. Va.

Braceville, p.v. Knox Co. Ind.

Bruchsal, a town of the duchy of Baden, circle
of Pfinz and Enz. It has a large salt-work, and
is seated on the river Satz, 5 m. S. E. of Phillips
burg. Pop. about 6,000.

Bruch, a town of Saxony, 25 m. N. by W. of
Wittenburg.

Bruch, a town of Austria, on the river Leyta,
20 m. E. S. E. of Vienna.

Bruch, or Brug, a town of Switzerland, in Ar-
gau, with a college, seated on the river Aar, 22
m. S. E. of Basel.

Bruch, or Pruek, a towin of Bavaria, on the
river Ammer, 12 m. AV. of Munich. Another in
the palatinate, 22 m. N. N. E. of Ratisbon.

Bruch, or Pruck, a towin of Germany in Stiria,
capital of a circle of its name. It stands on the
river Muehr, 24 m. N. N. AV. of Gratz, and 82 S
W. of Vienna.

flrue, a river in Somersetshire, Eng. which rises
in Selwood forest, on the borders of Wiltshire,
and flows through the county, by Bruton and
Glastonbury, into Bridgewater bay.

Brug, or Brig, a town of Switzerland, in th<?
Valais, seated on the Rhone, 39 m. E. of Sion.

Bruges, a city of the Netherlands, in Flanders.
It was once a great trading town ; but, in the 16th
century, the civil wars drove the trade first to
Antwerp, and then to Amsterdam. The inhabit-
ants are estimated at 20,000, but it is not populous
in proportion to its extent. Its situation still com-
mands some trade, for its has canals to Ghent, Os-
tend, Sluys, Nieuport, Furnes, Ypres, and Dun