BOYNE  , a

river of Ireland, which, rising in the Bog of Allen, near Carbery in Co . Kildare, and flowing in a north-easterly direction, passes Trim, Navan and Drogheda, and enters the Irish Sea, 4 M. below the town last named . It is navigable for barges to Navan, 19 m. from its mouth . Much of the scenery on its banks is beautiful, though never grand . About 2 m. west of Drogheda, an obelisk, 150 ft. in height, marks the spot where the forces of William III. gained a celebrated victory over those of James II., on the 1st of July' 169o, known as the battle of the Boyne . BOYS' BRIGADE, an organization founded in Glasgow by Mr (afterwards Sir) W . A . Smith in 1883 to develop Christian manliness by the use of a semi-military discipline and order, gymnastics, summer camps and religious services and classes . There are about 2200 companies connected with different churches throughout the United Kingdom, the British empire and the United States, with 1o,000 officers and ioo,000 boys . A similar organization, confined to the Anglican communion, is the Church Lads' Brigade . Boys' and girls' life brigades are a more recent movement; they teach young people how to save life from fire and from water, and hold classes in hygiene, ambulance and elementary nursing .