BRUNN, Austria, the capital of Moravia, and of a circle of the same name, situated on the railway from Vienna to Prague, 70 miles north-by-east of Vienna, and nary encircled by the rivers Schwarza and Zwittawa. It con sists of an older portion in the centre, sur rounded by fine promenades and pleasure grounds that have taken the place of the old walls and ramparts, and of extensive newer quarters and suburbs surrounding this. It con tains a cathedral and other handsome churches; a landhaus, where the provincial Diet meets; several splendid palaces, a gymnasium, poly technic institute, museum, botanic garden, etc. It has extensive manufactures of woolens, which have procured for it the name of the Austrian Leeds, and in some 70 works employs about 12,000 hands. Other industries embrace cotton, linen, jute, machinery, hardware, chemicals, soap and candles, beer and spirits. It is the centre of the Moravian commerce, a great part of which is carried on by fairs held at Briinn every three months. Near it is the fortress of
Spielberg, on a hill about 940 feet high, in which Baron Trenck and Silvio Pellico were confined, and which now serves only as a prison. It is surrounded with finely laid-out grounds. Brim was formerly a free imperial city, an important fortress and the residence of the margraves of Moravia. It was unsuccess fully besieged by the Taborites in 1428; by Torstenson in 1645; by the Prussians in 1742. It was occupied by the French in 1805, and Napoleon made it his headquarters after the battle of Austerlitz. It was taken again by a division of the French army in 1809, when it suffered severely. In 1866 it was occupied by the Prussians. Minn is the seat of a United States consular agent. The city's affairs are administered by a council of 48 and an execu tive board of 11 members. Pop. about 125,000.