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Chancellor's gate was rebuilt and called New gate. At about the same time the county of of Middle sex was given to the citizens of London, and New. gate was used for prisoners from that county. The use this locality for a prison continues until the present day, although now only a house of detention is located here. New gate always had an unsavory reputation, and resisted all efforts at reform. These began as early as the time of Richard Whittington, who left a large sum for its improvement. The prison was burned during the Gordon riots in 1780, and was rebuilt in 1782. Archer ; Loftie . Since executions have ceased to be carried out at Tyburn, they have taken place here. The late amelioration in the condition of prisoners in New gate is in a great measure due to the exertions of Mrs. Fry, who has left a terrible ac The old colonel is ruined by speculation, and in his ruin is brought to accept the alms of the brotherhood of the Grey count of their state even in 1838. Hare, London, I. 166. Friars. the room, eats doled among Bismarck Archipelago. New Harmony (här'mō-ni). A village in Posey County, southwestern Indiana, situated on the Wabash 22 miles northwest of Evansville. See Harmonists. Population (1890), 1,197. New haven (nu-hā'vn). A seaport in Su ex, England, situated on the English Channel, at the mouth of the Ouse, 50 miles south of London. It is the terminus of a steam-packet line to Dieppe, France. Population (1891), 4,955. New Haven. A Puritan colony in New England, established in 1638, and united with Connecticut in 1662. Its government was remarkably theocratic. It comprised a few adjoining towns besides New Haven, New Haven. A city, capital of New Haven County, Connecticut, situated on New Haven harbor, near Long Island Sound, in lat. 41° 18′ N., long. 72°56′ W. It is the largest city in the State. It manufactures carriages, Winchester arms, etc., and exports manufactured goods. It is the seat of Yale University (which see). It was settled by English colonists under Davenport and Eaton in 1638; became a city in 1784; and was the State capital alternately with Hartford from 1701 to 1873, when Hartford was made sole capital. Often called "the Elm City" from the number and beauty of its elms. Population (1890), 81,298. New He brides (heb'ri-dēz). A group of islands in Me lanes i a, Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Caledonia and west of the Fiji Islands. They are piritu Santos belongre land Poly tion is perhaps as fine as anything that Thackeray ever gate. The inhabitants to Papuan nesian races, and are cannibals. The islands were dis IMG:content-0728.png:[blocks in formation] ter 3,000, Newing ton (nu'ing-ton). A quarter of London, on the southern side of the Thames near Lam beth . New Inn, The, or the Light Heart. A comedy by Ben Jonson, first played by the King's Servants in 1629, entered on the "Stationers' Register" in 1631, and published the same year. A part of this play was transferred to "Love's Pilgrim. age" by Fletcher and another. New Ireland (ir'land), native Tombara (tombä'rä). An island of the Bismarck Archipelago, Pacific Ocean, 20 miles northeast of New Britain, which it generally resembles: called by the Germans since 1885 Neu-Mecklenburg. Itwas made a German po e ion in 1884. Length, about 300 miles. New Jersey (jer'zi). [Named (1664) after the Isle of Jersey , in honor of Sir George Carteret, lieutenant-governor of that isle (1643-51). He had previously (1650) received a grant of "a certain island and adjacent islets in America in perpetual inheritance, to be called New Jersey" (Dict. Nat. Biog., IX. 209).] One of the North Atlantic States of the United States of America, extending from lat. 38°56′ to 41°21′ N., and from long. 73° 54' to 75° 33′ W. Capital, Trenton; largest cities, Newark and Jersey City. It is bound ed by New York on the north, New York (separated by the Hudson, New York Bay, and Staten Island Sound) and the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Delaware Bay on the south, and Pennsylvania and Delaware (both separated by the Delaware River) on the west. It is traversed by the Kittatinny and Highland ranges of the Appal a chi an system in the northwest: the southern half is a plain. It is the first State in the production of zinc, one of the leading iron-producing States, and one of the chief manufacturing States, ranking first in the manufacture of gla and silk, and among the first in the manufacture of leather, iron, hats, rubber, sugar, and steel. It has 21 counties, sends 2 senators and 8 representatives to Congre , and has 10 electoral votes. It was settled by the Dutch at Bergen probably about 1617; granted by the Duke of York to Carteret and Berkeley in 1664; reconquer red by the Dutch in 1673; and restored to England in 1674. West Jersey was purchased by Quakers in 1674,