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BURTON. 715 BURY. Penscrof:o : Sterne pillaged it; Lamb admired it and imitated its quaint style. Consult; The Anatomy, edited by Shilleti). with introduction by Bullen (London and Xew York, 18!).3). BURTON, William Kv.vxs (1804-60). An Eiifrlish :i(tor and pliiywriglit, bom in London, a son of William George Burton, author of Biblical Researches. He was intended for the Cluireh, and received a classical educiition, but at eighteen took charge of his father's printing establishment and edited a magazine Kroni amateur acting he drifted toward the regular stage, and made a successful debut at the Hay- market in 1832. He began also to write dramas. one of which was played simultaneously at five London theatres. ]n 1834 he came to the United States, where he was prominent as actor or manager, chiefly in Baltinuue. Philadelphia, and Xew York. In Philadel])liia he established the Gentleman's Magazine, a literary monthly. His greatest success was in the management of the Chambers Street Theatre, in Xew York City, where, with Brougham and others, he produced dramas from several of Dickens's novels. His own forte was low comedy, and some of his char- acters were very popular. Such were Captain (^uttlc, Toudlcs, Micaicher, Aminadab Sleek, Paul Pry, and others. He was a fine scholar, and had a superior library, particularly of Shake- spearean literature, lie was for several years the editor of the Literary Kouvenir, and pub- lished in two volumes a Cyclopwdia of Wit and Hum or. BURTON JUNIOR. The nom de plume under which Charles Lamb wrote "On the Jlelan- cholv of Tailors." in Leigh Hunt's Magazine, The' Jfeflretor (1810). BURTON-UPON-TRENT. A town in Staf- fordsliire. England, about 11 miles southwest of Derby, on the river Trent and the Trent and Mersey Canal (ilap: England, E 4). A bridge of 34 arches, built before the Xornian Conquest, crossed the river here, but was replaced in 1804 by a new one of 29 arches. Burton-upon-Trent at one time was quite celebrated for its cotton- mills, but this industry has been entirely super- seded by that of ale-brewing. There are over thirty breweries in Burton, some of them on a scale of unparalleled magnitude. The two estab- lishments of Bass and Allsopp cover together more than 250 acres of ground, and can produce yearly ab<mt 2,000.000 barrels of ale. The town was incorporated in 1878. Its water-works are in the hands of a private company. Its sewage is disposeO of by irrigaticm. 'The towTi has owned its gas-works since 1876, and makes an annual profit of about .$.'iO.OOO. It has also operated an electric-light plant since 18f>4 at a consider- able profit. It maintains public baths, markets, a cemetery, and a library. The increase of the population since 1870. when it was about 20.000, has been very rapid. In 1891 it was 46,000, and in inoi, 50,400. The town dates from the end of the Xinth Century, when it grew up around an abbey founded at that time. It suf- fered severely during the civil wars in the Seventeenth (.'entury. BURTSCHEID, boort'shit (Lat. Porcctum,7T. liounith I. A srjuthern suburb of Aix-la-Cha- pelle iq.v.), formerly an independent munici- pality in the Rhine Province. Germany. It is noted for its numerous thermal springs and Vol. III.— 16. nianuf:ictures of iron, steel, needles, and woolen goods. Po]udation, in 1895, 15,871. BURT'SELL, Ricii.vrd Lalor (1840-1902). An Anicriran Koman Catholic priest. He was b(un in Xew York, April 14, 1840. He jnir- sued his studies at the Propaganda in Borne, taking his degree there, and receiving his ordi- nation in 1862. Kcturning to Xew York, he was appointed assistant pastor of Saint .Vnne's Clurrh. and in 18li8 assigned to the new parish of the Epipliany. He was the first incumbent in the office of "Defender of the Marriage Tie" Iq.v. ), instituted in America by the Third Plenary Council of the Catholic Church, held in Baltimore in 1884. In 1887 he identified him- self with a movement in which the Rev. Dr. McGlynn (q.v. ) was concerned, and was counsel and advi.ser to Dr. McGlynu after his suspension from priestly functions. This involved him in personal trouble. He was removed from the office of "Defender of the Marriage Tie" in 1887 ; official notice of his action was taken in 1889; and he was ordered to retire from his position as pastor of the Church of the Epiphany to a small parish in Rondout, X. ". He appealed from the order of the Archbishop to the Propa- ganda at Rome, and by that body was ordered to make his submission to the Archbishop. He preached his farewell sermon to his congrega- tion in .luly, 1890; appealed to Rome for rein- statement, and was refused in 1896. BURU, boo'i-nTT. BOEROE, m- BOORO. An island of the Molucca group of the Dutch East Indies, situated about 40 miles west of Amboyna and Cerani, from which it is separated by Burn Strait. It lies between latitudes 3° and 4° S., and longitudes 126° and 127° 20' E. (Map: East India Islands, G 5). Its length is about 90 miles, and its area about 3380 square miles. It is very mountainous, especially in the western part. Mount Tumaha rising to 8530 feet, and i-i thickly wooded. The population is estimated at 60.000; the chief town is Cajeli, on the east- ern coast. Administratively it is a dependency of Amboyna. BURUJIRD, bfio'rmT-jcrd'. A town in the Province of Irak-.jenu, Persia, situated in a. fertile valley about 190 miles northwest of Ispa- han. It has a castle and several mosques, and some manufactures of cotton goods and felt. It has a trade in skins with Russia and is connected l)y roads with Ispahan and Hamadan. Popula- tion, about 20.001). BURUNDUK, bnn'nni-doUk' (Russ., a species of squirrel). A striped ground-squirrel (Taniias Asiaticus) of Xorthern Asia and Europe, closely resembling in appearance and habits the Ameri- can chipnuinks. BURY, ber'i (AS. hurh. fort, borough). A flourishing manufacturing town in the southeast of L.-uicashire. England, on rising ground, backed liy hills on the north and east, and on the Irwell, 8 miles northwest of ilanche.ster (Map: Eng- land, D 3). Bury obtained a charter of incor]>o- ration in 1876. The town's affairs are adminis- tered by a mayor, a municipal council of 29. and a board of aldermen of 10 members. (See Great BritaI-V, liiienl (lorirnmenl.) The town has an excellent water-supply, with a daily output of nearly 7,000,000 gallons, and niod<Mn sewage- works, and it has owned and operated gas-works since 1858 and an electric-light plant since 1896.