Hall, Newman

Congregational preacher; born at Maid stone, England, May 22, 1816; educated at High bury College; received the degree A.B. from the University of London; also won a law scholarship, and obtained the degree of LL. B. (1835); studied theology, and was ordained in 1842. His first charge was in Hull. In 1854 he became pastor of Surrey Chapel, Black Friar's Road, London. He is a Non-Conformist, but uses the liturgy of the Church of England, with slight modifications. During the Civil War in America he was friendly to the Union, and visited the United States (1865) in the endeavor to promote friendship between the American and English peoples; made a second visit in 1873, lecturing in the principal cities, and again made a short visit in 1884. He is author of: The Christian Philosopher; Land of the Forum and the Vatican; Lectures in America; Pilgrim Songs, . Hall, in Texas , a N.W. co.; area , 900 sq. m.; intersected by Red river. Surface , level; soil , dark, fertile loam. Products, wheat, corn and vegetables. Stock raising is a leading industry. Pop . (1897) about 1,500. Hallel, n. [Heb.] In the Jewish ritual, Psalms 133 to 118, inclusive; chanted at the Pa over, Pentecost, and the Feast of Tabernacles. Hall-marks, or Plate-marks. ( Manuf .) Impre ions authorized by law to be made on articles of gold and silver, for the purpose of apprising the public of the true value and finene of the metal contained in them. The marks are a series of symbols, stamped in an embo ed style, of a size varying with that of the article impre ed, and usually stamped on every seраrate piece which is used in making up an article. In the gold standards, figures are employed to denote the number of carats of finene . Pure gold being reckoned at 24 carats, the figure 18 indicates 18 parts of gold and 6 of some inferior metal. Gold as low as 9carat finene is now legal, this being a little over one third pure gold. In hall-marks the initials of the maker's name have been used since 1739, and in addition to the figures for finene various symbols are used in different countries, such as the crown (in England), the thistle (in Scotland), . The stamping is done in the a ay office, so as to secure the public against false marking. Hal'lock, in Minnesota , a post-village, cap. of Kittson co., on Great Northern R. R. Pop . (1895) 549. Hal'ma, n. [Gr.] In ancient Grecian games, the long jump with weights in the hands. Now, a game played on a board having 256 squares, by 2 persons with 19 men each, or by 4 with 13 men each, the object of the players being to get the men into the places occupied by their opponents.