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BRIAN, JOHANNES, DE CORNUBIA. cf. Tanner, BRISTOW, HENRY WILLIAM, F.R.S. p. 124.

Speculum Grammaticale super Donatum. 179 leaves in fol., beginning "Quoniam studium grammaticorum," and written 1346. MSS. Bod. Lib., No. 3581; Class 8, No. 91, in Catal. A.D. 1697.

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BRICE OR BRYCE, ANDREW. b. Exeter, 16 90. d. Exeter, 7th Nov., 1773. cf. Timperley's Typog. Dict., pp. 665, 729-31; Polith ele's Cornwall, v, 87-90.

The Geographical Dictionary, or Grand Gazet teer. Exeter, Bryce, 1751, fol.

The Topographical Dictionary of the World, more especially of Great Britain and Ireland, and all the British Settlements, with their Customs, Manners, Curiosities, both Natural and Artificial, Remarkable Events in all past Ages, &c. Exeter, printed for the Author, 1759,

thk. fol.

A Universal Geographical Dictionary, or Grand Gazetteer. Maps. Exeter, Bryce, 1760, 2 vols., fol., 42 -.

NOTE. The above three works contain very full accounts of Cornwall.-A. Brice established a printing press at Truro about 1740.

BRIEUC, ST. b. Cornwall, circa 410. d. St. Brieuc, circa 502. cf. A. Butler's Lives of the Saints, ed. 1836, i, 549.

BRIGGS, THOMAS RICHARD ARCHER. b. Fursdon, in Eggbuckland, near Plymouth, 7th May, 1836.

Localities of some uncommon plants and of varieties of common species within twelve miles of Plymouth. Phytologist, v, 368-71 (1861).

Station of some uncommon plants in Devon and Cornwall. Journ. of Botany, ed. by B. Seeman, i, 376–78 (1863).

Stations near Plymouth of some plants that are either uncommon or new to Devon and Cornwall. ib., iii, 349-52 (1865).

Unrecorded Stations, mostly near Plymouth, of some uncommon plants, etc. ib., iv, 287-90 (1866).

Underground Life; or Mines and Miners. By L. Simonin. Translated, adapted to the present state of British Mining, and Edited by H. W. Bristow. Illustrated with 160 engravings on wood, 20 maps geologically coloured, and 10 plates of metals and minerals in chromolithography. Lond., Chapman and Hall, 1869, 8°., xix & 516.

pp.

BRITANNICUS, pseud. i.e., Boase, G. C.

BRITANNICUS, pseud. i.e., Boase, H.

BRITTON, JOHN. b. Kington, Wiltshire, 7th July, 1771. d. 1st Jan., 1857.

The Late Samuel Drew. Gent. Mag., ciii, 469-72 (1833).

Cromlechs and Kist Vaens. Proc. Soc. Antiq., i, 194 (1847).

NOTE. For "The Beauties of England and Wales, &c.," see Brayley, E. W.

BRITTON, REV. THOMAS HOPKINS, M.A. of Newlyn East. b. Bristol.

V.

Horæ Sacramentales. The sacramental articles of the Church of England vindicated and illustrated by the writings of their compilers, etc. Lond., 1851, 8°., 6/-.

An Examination of the principal facts and arguments advanced by Dr. Bayford and the Rt. Honble. Dr. Lushington against the opinion hitherto held by historians, that the 13 Eliz., chap. 12, referred to the Book of Articles, whereupon it was agreed by the Archbishops and Bishops of both Provinces, etc., in 1562, etc. Lond., Parker; Truro, J. R. Netherton [printed]; 1857, 8°., pp. 147, 4/-.

A Sermon "On the Duty of Visiting the Sick." Bideford, Printed by William Cole, 1842, 8°.

BROAD, WILLIAM. b. Penzance, 24th Oct., 1772. d. Falmouth, 2nd Aug., 1853.

Letter from W. Broad to Sir W. Symonds, 4th Nov., 1833, in "Life of Admiral Symonds." Lond., 1858, 8°., p. 157.

BROKENSHIR, B. b. Fowey, 1810.

Instrument for ascertaining the different sides of a triangle by inspection. Rep. R.C.P. Soc., 1838, p. 152.

BROME, JAMES, M.A.

Travels over England, Scotland, and Wales... Lond., 1700, 8o.

NOTE.-Mr. Brome came to the borders of Cornwall, but the rain prevented him from continuing his journey.

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The Rainfall in Cornwall for 1866. The Times, 3rd Oct., 1866, and 3rd Jan., 1867.

The Rainfall in Cornwall for 1867. ib., 3rd Jan., 1868.

BROWN, G. T. Veterinary Professor.

On the Improvement of Agricultural Horses suited to the West of England. Journ. Bath and West of Engl. Soc., xi, pt. i, 46-66 (1863). BROWN, HENRY.

A Reply to the Rev. J. Garrett's Pastoral Letter (so called) to the Inhabitants of the Parish of St. Paul. Penzance, F. T. Vibert, 1859, 8°., 3d.

BROWN, JOHN SHERRIS. Manager of the Mount's Bay Bank. b. Penzance, 27th Dec., 1779. d. Penzance, 7th May, 1835.

No Fiction! A Statement of Facts respecting the Accounts of the Industrious Society for Scilly and...the Rev. G. C. Smith, the Secretary ...by John S. Brown, Treasurer to the Society. Penzance, 1824, 12°. See Jeffery, John.

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BROWNE, RT. REV. EDWARD HAROLD, D.D. Bp. of Ely; V. of Kenwyn, 1850-1857. b. Aylesbury, 6th March, 1811.

Peril of Popery and Peril of Antichrist. Three Sermons preached in the Parish Church of Kenwyn. Published by request. Truro, J. R. Netherton; Exeter, Wallis ; 3rd ed., 1851, 8o.

The Gifts of the Ascended Saviour. A Sermon [on Eph., iv, 8] preached at St. Mary's Church, Truro, on Tuesday, May 27th, 1851, at the Triennial Visitation of the Rt. Rev. Henry, Lord Bishop of Exeter. Published by command of the Lord Bishop. Lond., J. H. Parker; Exeter, A. Holder; 1851, 8°., pp. 23.

Religious Excitement. A Sermon preached in Kenwyn Church, on Sunday, November 23rd, 1851. Published by request. Lond., Parker ; Truro, J. R. Netherton; 1851, 8°.-2nd ed., 1852, 8°., pp. 20, 1/-.

Religious Excitement. A Letter to the Rev. E. H. Browne, M.A., Vicar of SS. Kenwyn and Kea, Prebendary of Exeter, Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Exeter, etc., etc. By the Rev. W. Haslam, Perpetual Curate of Baldiu. Lond., J. H. Parker; Truro, J. R. Netherton; 1851, 8°. 2nd ed., 1852, 8°., pp. 22, 6d.

Two Sermons preached at Kenwyn Church, on Easter Sunday, April 12th, 1857. Truro, J. R. Netherton; London, J. H. Parker; 1857, 8°., pp. 32, 1/-.

Thoughts on an Extension of the Diaconate, and on Lay Agency. A Paper read to the Clergy of the Ruridecanal Synod of Powder, and printed at their request. Truro, J. R. Netherton, 1854, 8"., pp. 20, 1/-.

BROWNE, REV. JOHN DENIS (son of George Townshend Browne). V. of Braintree. b. Dublin? d. Braintree, 17th Feb., 1864.

A Letter to the Rev. J. D. Browne, Assistant Curate of Penzance, on Baptismal Regeneration. By a Layman of the Church of England, i.e., Penzance, E. Rowe; Lond., Rivington; 1838, 8., pp. 80. Bod. Lib.

BROWNE, RICHARD.

Mr. R. Browne to Lord Burghley, to have the free enjoyment of his grant for curing and packing fish in Devonshire and Cornwall, Oct. 5, 1595. Lansd. MSS., 78, art. 58.

BROWNLOW [EMMA SOPHIA], COUNTESS (daughter of Richard, Earl of Mount Edgcumbe). b. in the Parish of St. George's, Hanover Square, London, 28th July, 1791.

Slight Reminiscences of a Septuagenarian from 1802 to 1815. By Emma Sophia Cust, Countess Brownlow. Lond., J. Murray, 1867, 8°.—2nd

ed., 1867, 8°., pp. viii & 199.-3rd ed., 1868, 8°.

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Notes on Brunton's Rock Tunnelling Machine. Rep. R.C.P. Soc., 1867, p. 56; Rep. Miners' Assoc. of C. & D., 1867.

BRYANT, JOHN. See Badcock, John.

BRYANT, WILLIAM. See O'Bryant, W.
BRYCE, A. See Brice, A.

BUCK, REV. RICHARD HUGH KEATS. R. of
St. Dominick. b. Bideford.

Lay Responsibility, with especial reference to the office of Churchwarden. A Sermon preached at the Archdeacon of Cornwall's Visitation at Liskeard. Lond., Longman; Callington, Philp; 1868, 8°.

BUCK, SAMUEL. d. 1779, aged 83.
BUCK, NATHANIEL.

Buck's Antiquities; or venerable remains of above 400 Castles, &c., in England and Wales, with near 100 Views of Cities and Chief Towns. Lond., Printed by D. Bond, at St. John's Gate, and sold by Robert Sayer, Fleet Street, 1774, 3 vols., fol.

NOTE.-In vol. i, 12 Cornish Views; In vol. iii, 2 Views of the Mount.

BUCKHURST, LORD (THOMAS SACKVILLE). b. Buckhurst, Withiam, Sussex, 1527. d. 19th April, 1608.

Letter from Lord Buckhurst to the Deputy Lieutenants of Sussex, dated 26th July, 1595, on the Descent of the Spaniards in Cornwall. Harl. MSS., 703, art. 53, pp. 79-84.

BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK. b. Flushing, 1786. d. London, 30th June, 1855. cf. Gent. Mag., xliv, 322 (1855); Illust. Lond. News, 7th July, 1855; Penny Cyclop., 2nd Supp.; English Cyclop.; Men of the Time, ed. 1856; Cornish Mag., ii, 129; iii, 131, 236 (1826-27).

The Autobiography of J. S. Buckingham, including his Voyages, Travels, Adventures, Speculations, Successes, and Failures, etc., etc. With a portrait. Lond., Longman, 1855, 2 vols., post 8°., 21/-.

NOTE. This work was never finished, owing to the decease of the author. cf. Gent. Mag., aliii, 581 (1855)

The Calcutta Journal; a Miscellany of Politics, Literature, and the Arts, from the year 1818 to 1823. Ed. by J. S. Buckingham. Calcutta, 1818-1823, 33 vols., 4".

Travels in Palestine, etc. Lond., Colburn, 1821, 1 vol., 4., pp. 553, 31, 6.-1822, 2 vols., 8°.

A Second Letter to Sir Charles Forbes, Bart., M.P., on the suppression of public discussion in India, and the banishment without trial of two British Editors from that country by the Acting Governor-General, Mr. Adam. By a Proprietor of Indian Stock. London, 1824. The Pamphleteer, XXV, 33-60 (1825).

Statement of Facts relative to the removal from India of Mr. Buckingham, late Editor of the Calcutta Journal. Calcutta, 1823, 4°.

Mr. B.'s Defence [a reply to articles in the John Bull and the Quarterly Review]. The Calcutta Journ., vol. vi, No. 306, 1822.

A Brief History of the Banishment of Mr. Buckingham from India. Dated Lond., Sept., 1823, sm. fol., pp. 4.

New Laws and Restrictions for the Indian Rozario, at the Columbian Press, No. 4, BanksPeriodical Press. Calcutta, printed by P. S. D. hall Street, 1823, 4°., pp. 18.

A Faithful History of the late Discussions in Bengal, on the Power of Transportation without Trial... with copies of the official correspondence between W. B. Bayley, Chief Secretary to Government, and Mr. Buckingham, the late Editor of the Calcutta Journal. Dated Calcutta, Feb. 25, 1823, fol., pp. 28.

NOTE. Portions of this had been previously printed for the Editor's friends, but neither published nor sold.

The Oriental Herald and Colonial Review. 29, 24 vols., 8°. First No. pub. Jan., 1824, 3/6. Conducted by J. S. Buckingham. Lond., 1824

Travels among the Arab Tribes inhabiting the Countries East of Syria and Palestine. 28 Illusts. Lond., Colburn, 1825, 4°., pp. 679, 31/6.

Verbatim Report of the Action for Libel in the case of Buckingham versus Bankes, 19th Oct., 1826. Lond., 1826, 8°.

BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK. (Con.).

The Sphynx; a Journal of Politics, Literature, and News; a Weekly Paper. Ed. by J. S. Buckingham from 1827 to 1828, 4 vols., 4°.

Travels in Mesopotamia, etc. Lond., Colburn, 1827, 4°., pp. xvi & 571.-1827, 2 vols., 8°., 31/6. The Athenæum, etc. Ed. by J. S. Buckingham. Lond., 1828-29, 4 vols., 4°.

Plan and Object of Mr. Buckingham's Lectures on the Countries of the Oriental World. n.d. [1829], sm. 4°., pp. 4.

Masonic Address delivered in the Town Hall of Glasgow, at a Grand Masonic Meeting, on the 18th August, 1829, on the duty of promoting education and binding nations together in fraternal bonds. 1829, 8°.

Free Trade Speech delivered on the Opening of the Royal Exchange, at Glasgow, on the 3rd Sept., 1829, on the benefits of uniting the Clyde and the Ganges by the union of commerce and navigation. 1829, 8".

Peace Speech delivered at a Public Meeting of the Peace Society, in London, 1829, showing the impolicy and expensiveness, as well as unchristian character, of War... 1829, 8°.

Free Trade Address, in reply to Mr. Thomas Sadler, M.P. for Leeds, delivered at Whitby, Sep. 28, 1829, in defence of the doctrine of Free Trade, and in opposition to his protectionist views. 1829, 8°.

Missionary Speech delivered at the Anniversary of the Bible Society, at Whitby, in Yorkshire, Sep. 18, 1829, in favour of the Promotion of Missions to the Eastern World. 1829, 8o. Sanitary Speech delivered at the Golden Cross, Charing Cross, in London, in November, 1829, on the danger to the public health of burying the dead within the walls of cities, and advocating the formation of extra-mural cemeteries. 1829, 8o.

Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, with Researches in the Ruins of Perseopolis. Map and 27 engravings. Lond., 1829, 4°., 73/6.2nd ed., 1830, 2 vols., 8°., 28/-.

Heads of Mr. Buckingham's Lectures on the Eastern World, preceded by a Sketch of his Life, Travels, and Writings. Lond., 1829, 4°., pp. 32. Mr. Buckingham's Alleged Retainer from the East India Company. Lond., 1830, 8°., pp. 4. Sketch of Mr. Buckingham's Life, Travels, Literary and Political Labours. Lond., 1830, 8°., pp. 23.-Another ed., n.d. [1830], 8°., pp. 48.-Another ed., n.p. or d. [1830], 8°., pp. 75.

Rapport sur le projet de voyage presenté à la Societé de Geographie, par M. Buckingham. By Dumont d'Urville. Paris, 1830, 8°.

History of the public proceedings on the question of the East India monopoly, etc. Lond., 1830, 8°.

BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK. (Con.).

Speech delivered at a Meeting of the Royal Institution of London, on the 22nd July, 1830, developing a plan for the accomplishment of a voyage round the Globe, for the promotion of discovery, commerce, and civilization united. 1830, 8o.

Address to the Chamber of Deputies in Paris, in Oct., 1830, on the proposal to institute an experiment of Free Trade, by...the Public Exhibition in a... Bazaar, and the subsequent sale ...free of all duty, of a million's worth of English manufactures against a million's worth of French productions. 1830, 8o.

Discours Preliminaire, prononcé a l' Athenée Royale de Paris, 2 Novembre, 1830, a l' occasion d'un Cours sur les Indes Orientales contenant les notions les plus recentes sur tout ce qui regarde l' Historie, la Statistique, et le Commerce de ces Contrées. 1830, 8°.

Speech delivered in Paris, December 6, 1830, as Chairman of the Public Banquet, given by the English then in the French capital to General Lafayette, as a mark of homage to his talents and virtues, as the steady friend of civil and political liberty... 1830, 8°.

Explanatory Report on the plan and object of Mr. Buckingham's Lectures on the Oriental World, preceded by a Sketch of his Life, Travels, etc. Price one shilling. Lond., Hurst, Chance, and Co., St. Paul's Churchyard, 1830, 8°., pp. 4. Another ed., 4°.--Another ed., 8°., pp. 23, 6d. London Instit.

Improved Syllabus of Mr. Buckingham's Lectures on the Oriental World, &c. &c. Lond., Hurst, 1830, 8°., pp. 75, 2. To Subscribers to the Lectures, 1/-. London Instit.

Outlines of a New Budget; by which it is shown that a revenue of eighty millions sterling may be raised by a new system of taxation, bearing more equitably on all classes than the present mode of taxing commodities. 1831, 8°.

Speech delivered in the Rotunda, at Dublin, in Sep., 1831, on the Idolatries of British India, and the Revenues derived from them by the Government of the East India Company. 1831, 8o.

Speech delivered in Sheffield, in 1831, on the Qualifications and Duties of Representatives and Constituents, which led to Mr. Buckingham being invited to become a Candidate for the Representation of Sheffield in the first Reformed Parliament of 1832. 1831, 8°.

Mr. Buckingham's final appeal to the East India Company. n.d. [1831], sm. 4o., pp. 4. London Instit.

To the Subscribers of Mr. Buckingham's proposed Voyage round the Globe. May, 1831, sm. 4°., pp. 3. London Instit.

BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK. (Con.).

Speech delivered at a Public Meeting, in the Liver Theatre, at Liverpool, in Dec., 1832, on the injustice, cruelty, and impolicy of the system of impressing seamen for the Navy, and advocating the formation of Sailors' Homes. 1832, 8°. Speech delivered at the Mechanic's Institute, in Sheffield, in 1833, on the duty of promoting the establishment of Sunday and other Schools for the children of the poor, and of...supporting institutions for the...instruction of the adult labouring classes. 1833, 8°.

The Parliamentary Review. Ed. by J. S. Buckingham. Lond., 1833-34, 7 vols., 8°.

Speech delivered in the Concert Hall of the City of York, in 1834, on the occasion of a Meeting to consider of a monument to the late William Wilberforce, advocating the erection of a College for the Instruction of African Youths. 1834, 8°.

Speech delivered in the House of Commons, on the 4th March, 1834, on...the Abolition of Naval Impressment, and the Substitution of Voluntary Enlistment for Seamen. 1834, 8°.

Speech delivered in the House of Commons, on the 17th March, 1834, on the injurious operation of the Duties on Tea... 1834, 8°.

Speech delivered in the House of Commons, on the 2nd June, 1834...on the prevailing vice of intoxication among the labouring classes... 1834, 8°.

Parliamentary Inquiry into the claims of Mr. Buckingham on the East India Company. Lond., 1834, 8., pp. 100.

Drunkenness. Speech of Mr. Buckingham on the extent, cause, and effects of drunkenness. Delivered in the House of Commons ... June 3, 1831... Lond., 1834, 8°., pp. 16.

Evidence on Drunkenness presented to the House of Commons by the Select Committee, J. S. Buckingham, Esq., M.P., in the chair. Lond., 1834, fol.-1834, 8°.

Proceeding before the Privy Council in relation to the Appeal by J. S. Buckingham, Esq., against certain regulations of the Bengal Govern ment on the subject of the Press. Lond., 1835,

8o.

Outline Sketch of the Voyages, Travels, Writings, and Public Labours of J. S. Buckingham...with a portrait. Lond., 1835, 8°., pp. 154, 6/-.

Speech delivered in the House of Commons, on the 7th March, 1835, on... Establishing Public Parks, Baths, and Museums for the... Labouring Classes. 1835, 8°.

Parliamentary Report on Mr. Buckingham's claims to compensation from the East India Company...submitted to the calm...consideration of the friends of justice. Lond., 1836, |

BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK. (Con.).

8°., pp. 47.--Another ed., 1836, 8o., pp. 88, 16, and 79.

Speech delivered in the House of Commons, in April, 1836, on the Injustice of the existing Law of Copyright... 1836, 8°.

Reasons for Legislative Interference to prevent the practice of Duelling, addressed to the Members of both Houses of Parliament, Aug., 1836. 1836, 8°.

Parliamentary Report on the causes of the increased number of shipwrecks. 1836, fol.

Begins: Public Meeting, Lord W. Bentinck, M.P., in the Chair...June 15th, 1836. Resolutions were adopted [for raising a public subscription to purchase an annuity on the joint lives of Mr. and Mrs. Buckingham, etc.]. [Lond., 1836], s. sh., 8°. Br. Museum.

Subscriptions received towards the purchase of an annuity for Mr. and Mrs. Buckingham. [Lond., 1836], s. sh., fol. Br. Museum.

Speech delivered in the House of Commons, on the 9th March, 1837, on the necessity of establishing a Marine Board... 1837, 8°.

Address delivered in the University of New York, in Dec., 1837, on the Formation of Peace Societies... 1837, 8°.

Speech delivered in the Theatre of Philadelphia, on the 22nd Feb., 1838, on the occasion of a Grand Festival of the Friends of Temperance 1838, 8°.

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Address delivered in the House of Representatives, at Washington, to the Members of the Senate... 27th Feb., 1838...on the Temperance Reformation in England... 1838, 8o.

Address delivered in the Presbyterian Church, at New Orleans, on the 14th April, 1838, on the Formation of Sailors' Homes... 1838, 8o.

Notes of the Buckingham Lectures, with a sketch of his Life. By J. Hildreth, New York. 1838, 8o.

Speech delivered in the Parliament House, at Quebec, by permission of the Governor General of Canada...on the 28th Sept., 1839, on the duty of protecting the British Soldiery and Emigrants against the dangers of Intemperance 1839, 80.

The Universal Gazetteer. Lond., Virtue, 1840, 8°., 21.

Evils and Remedies of the present system of Popular Elections; with a sketch of the qualifications and duties of Representatives and Constituents. Lond., Simpkin, 1841, 12°., pp. 315, 5/-.

America, historical, statistic, and descriptive; with portrait of Author and 70 Engravings. Lond., Fisher, n.d. [1841], 3 vols., 8., 42/-.

Travels in the Northern States of America. Lond., P. Jackson, 1841, 3 vols., 8o., 42/-.

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