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yard are feven alms-houfes, founded and endowed, in 
1763, by John Revis, citizen of London,for four men and 
three women, who receive iol. per annum each, befides 
clothes and fuel. In addition to thefe charitable inftitu- 
tions, the diftrefles of the poor are mitigated by various 
donations and legacies. In the return made under the 
population-aft of the year 1811, this town was ftated to 
contain 556 houfes, occupied by 2515 perfons. A market 
was either originally granted, or confirmed by charter, to' 
Roger de Somery, in the year 1270, together with a fair 
of eight days; the market was again confirmed to John 
Eotetort in i3'33- The market-day is Saturday; the 
principal articles are corn and provifions. Here are now 
fix annual fairs. The labouring claffes of the people are 
chiefly fupported by lace-making; it is eftimated that 
more lace is manufaftured in this town and its vicinity 
than in all the other parts of England : a fpecial market 
is held on every YVednefday for its fale ; and great quan¬ 
tities are vended at the fairs. 
At Tickford, adjoining to this town, a cell for Cluniac 
monks was founded by Fulk Paganell, in the reign of 
William Rufus. King Henry VIII. fupprefled this mo- 
naftery in 1525, and gave it, with its lands, to cardinal 
Wolfey. It afterwards reverted to the crown, and was 
granted by James I. to his phyfician Dr. Atkins, and was 
the feat of his delcendants. The fife of the priory is now 
occupied by a neat modern houfe, called Tickford-abbey, 
the property of Mr. Hooton : there are no remains of the 
conventual buildings. Mr. Ilooton’s family have a bu¬ 
rial-place in a retired part of the garden, which is fup- 
pofed to have been the cemetery of the cell: an obelifk 
lias been erefted there to the memory of the late Mrs. 
Hooton. Tickford Park, and the manor of Tickford- 
end, which were part of the Atkins eftate, are now the 
property of Mr. Vanliagen. The manor of Caldecot, (a 
hamlet of this parifli,) which belonged to the priory of 
Tickford, w’as fold by the Atkins family, in 1758, to 
William Backwell, efq. banker of London ; he, in 1769, 
bequeathed it to William Harwood, efq. who had afiumed 
the name of Backwell, and is the prefent proprietor. 
At Tyringham, about two miles from Newport-Pagnell, 
is the feat of William Praed, efq. The manor belonged 
to an ancient family, who took their name from the vil¬ 
lage fo early as the year 1170 ; and it continued in the 
family til! the year 1685, when the male line became ex- 
tinft by the death of fir William Tyringham : from his 
daughter it has defcended to Mr. Praed, who has pulled 
down the old manor-houfe, and erefted an elegant mo¬ 
dern manfion, from the defigns of John Soane, efq. pro- 
feffor of architefture to the Royal Academy. The fame 
great architeft alfo gave defigns for a lodge, and a bridge 
acrofs the river which runs through the park. In the 
ftair-cafe, hall, dining-room, and library, the artift has 
difplayed confiderable tafte and judgment. 
About a mile from Tyringham is Gothurft, in which 
parilh is a fine old manfion, the feat of Mils Wright, one 
of whofe anceftors purchafed it in 1704. The houfe is 
large, and its chief front appears to have been built in 
die time of queen Elizabeth. It was poflefied by the 
Digby family in the time of king James I. and contains 
fome curious portraits of fir Everard and fir Kenelm 
Digby, and other branches of that family. LyJ'ons's Magna 
Britannia. 
NEWPORT PRATT', a feaport town of Ireland, in 
the county of Mayo, fituated on a river which runs into 
Clew-bay, near its mouth : eight miles weft; of Caftlebar. 
Lat. 53. 53. N. Ion. 9. 21. W. 
NEWRAH BRID'GE, a village of the county of 
Wicklow, Ireland, at which there is an inn, where thofe 
who vifit the interefting fcenes of this county often pro¬ 
cure lodging. It is about two miles north-weft from 
Wicklow, and twenty-two miles fouth from Dublin. 
NEW'RY, a confiderable feaport and poft-town of the 
county of Down, Ireland, fituated at the Newry-water, 
which falls into the bay of Carlingford, and which was 
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rendered navigable to this town. It was formerly a pafis 
and military port of confiderable importance, as well as 
the feat of an abbey, whofe head wore a mitre, and the 
pofleflions of which were very extenfive. Thefe were 
granted by Edward VI. to knight-marlhal Bagnall, whofe 
name often occurs in the hiftory of that period, and were 
formed into the lordfhip of Newry, which ftill belongs to 
lord Kilmorey, of the Needham family, delcended from him. 
In 1689 it was burned by the duke of Berwick to fecure 
his retreat to Dundalk, when purfued by duke Schomberg. 
Since that time it has conliderably increafed, arid ranks 
next to Belfaft amongft the towns of Ulfter. This in- 
creafe has been chiefly oudng to its canal, by which a 
communication has been formed between Lough Neagh 
and the Bay of Carlingford, by means of which veflels of 
feventy tons are enabled to pafs through the heart of 
Ulfter. The linen-manufafture was'carried on very ex- 
tenfively, and large quantities of linen were exported; 
but this trade has been of late much injured. There is a 
very confiderable export of butter, beef, pork, and grain, 
efpecially of the firft, which is brought from the counties 
of Cavan and Monaghan, and even from that of Sligo. 
The imports confift chiefly of thofe commodities which 
are wafited to iupply the extenfive range of country, with 
which, by its canal, there is a water-communication ; and 
thefe articles in an opulent manufafturing country are 
daily increafing. Flax-feed and coal are amongft the molt 
confiderable. There are alfo fome extenfive manufaftories, 
and other lucrative eftabliflnnents. Newry is what is 
called a pot-walloping borough, and returns a member to 
the parliament of the united kingdom. The number of 
electors is confiderable, but the influence of the proprietor 
generally prevails at an eleftion; and accordingly the 
vifcount’s brother, general Francis Needham was the mem¬ 
ber ; but has within thefe few days (Nov. 26, 1818.) fuc- 
ceeded to the title. In confequence of the grant before 
noticed, the prqprietor, lord Kilmorey, not only receives 
the tithes, and grants marriage-licenles, but has alfo great 
civil authority, though fome of his privileges have been 
purchafed by the ftate. Newry is 50-t miles north from 
Dublin. Lat. 54.10. N. Ion. 6.15. W. 
NEWS, f. without the lingular, unlefs it be confidered 
as lingular; Milton has joined it with a lingular verb: 
[from new; nouvelles, Fr.] Frelh account of any thing.— 
When Rhea heard thefe news, Ihe fled from her hufband 
to her brother Saturn. Ralegh's FUJI, of the World. —Evil 
news rides fall, while good news baits. Milton. 
With fuch amazement as weak mothers ufe, 
And frantick gefture, he receives the news. Waller. 
Something not heard before.—It is no news for the weak, 
and poor to be a prey to the ftrong and rich. VEjlrange. 
—Papers which give an account of the tranfaftions of tlie 
prefent times ; as, Have you read the news? —The titlfe of 
one of the Sunday news-papers; as, That article was copied 
from the News. —The term news is ingenioully accounted 
for in an old epigram: 
The word explains itfelf without the mufe; 
And the four letters tell from whence come NEWS; 
From A 7 orth, ifaft, Well, Nouth, the lolution’s made; 
Each quarter gives account of war and trade. 
NEW'S-GATHERER, f. One who collefts news for 
the purpofe of detailing it again, or for the ufe of fome 
journal.-—They have news-gatherers and intelligencers dif- 
tributed into their feveral walks, who bring in their re- 
fpeftive quotas, and make them acquainted with the 
difcourfe of the whole kingdom. Spcdator. 
NEW'S-MAN, f. A man who carries about and dif- 
tributes news-papers ; as, I direfted the news-man to ferve 
me regularly with the Morning Chronicle. 
NEW'S-MONGER, f. One that deals in news; one- 
whofe employment it is to hear and to tell news.—This 
was come as a judgment upon him for laying afide his. 
father’s will, and turning ftock-jpbber, news-monger 
3 and. 
