city within the Prussian government of Coblentz, on the right bank of the Rhine. It is now the capital of the circle of that name, part of which was a principality, now mediatised, governed by the Prince of Neu-

wied, comprehending two towns and twenty-seven communes, with 10,960 inhabitants. The place is finely situated, and has a flourishing population, a great part of whom consists of a Moravian establishment, and of several Mennonite families. The Moravian house contains between 400 and 500 brethren and sisters, who have an institution for the education of boys, and another for girls, which are attended by considerable numbers from other countries. The whole city has 720 houses, and 4850 inhabitants, who are occupied in various manufactures, and carry on a considerable trade by the river. The prince, author of Travels in Brazil, has a fine palace and museum. Long. 7° 23'. 15° E. Lat. 50° 25'. N.

Neva, a river in Russia, flowing through St Petersburg, the capital of that empire. The views upon the banks exhibit the grandest and most lively scenes. The river is in most places broader than the Thames at London. It is deep, rapid, and transparent as crystal, and its banks are lined upon each side with a continued range of handsome buildings. See Petersburg.

Never, an arrondissement of the department of the Nièvre, in France, extending over 971 square miles. It is divided into eight cantons and 109 communes. The capital is the city of the same name, situated on the river Loire, where the Never joins that stream. It is beautifully situated on an amphitheatre rising from a bend in the river. The cathedral is a fine ancient building. In 1837 it contained 15,065 inhabitants. There are many china manufactories, several iron furnaces, some glass-houses, and many makers of linen and woollen cloths, of cutlery and common jewellery, and it has a considerable trade by the navigable rivers. Long. 3° 4'. 11° E. Lat. 46° 59'. 17° N.

Nevis, or Nevis, one of the West India islands, so called by its discoverer Columbus, after a high mountain of the same name in Spain. It is separated from St Kitt's by a strait about two miles broad, and full of shoals, in latitude 17° 14' north, and longitude 63° 3' west. Nevis is a small but beautiful and fertile spot, consisting of one conical mountain about twenty-four miles in circumference, and containing an area of twenty square miles. That this island is of volcanic formation appears evident from a crater being visible on the summit; and the prevalence of sulphur in various parts affords additional proof of the fact. It is beautifully green, perfectly cultivated, and a complete forest of ever-green trees grows like a ruff or collar round the neck of the high land, where cultivation ceases. Its natural fertility is enhanced by an abundant supply of water; and sugar, the staple product, is raised in considerable quantities. Charlestown, the seat of government, lies along the shore of a wide curving bay, and the mountain begins to rise immediately behind it in a long and verdant acclivity. The court-house is a handsome building, with a square in front; it contains a hall on the ground floor for the assembly and the courts of law, and another room upstairs for the council. The island is divided into five parishes, and it has three tolerable roadsteads. In 1831, the population amounted to 500 whites, 2000 free coloured, and 8722 slaves manumitted by the emancipation act; in all, 11,222. The shipping which entered inwards in 1832 amounted to 14,440 tons. The government is quietly and respectfully conducted by its council and assembly, but is in certain respects subordinate to that of St Christophers.

The following is a statement of the commerce of this island with the united kingdom. The exports into Great Britain were, in 1834, sugar unrefined, 59,748 cwt.; in 1835, 39,637 cwt.; rum, 23,286 gallons in 1834, and in 1835, 39,366 ditto; molasses, 5466 cwt. in 1834, and in 1835, 161 cwt.; arrow-root, 17,768 lbs. in 1835; and during the same year, 1267 lbs. of succades, and 3511 lbs. of cotton.

This island was originally settled by an English colony from St Christophers, and, by the wise management of the first government, it soon became very flourishing. It was taken by the French in 1706, but restored at the peace of Utrecht. In the year 1782 it was again taken by the French, but restored at the peace in 1783.

Nevy, or Nevin, a borough-town of the county of Caernarvon and hundred of Dinlaen, in North Wales, 249 miles from London. At this place Edward I. triumphed after his conquest of Wales in 1284. It is a borough, and conjointly with Caernarvon, Pwllhe, Conway, Bangor, and Criccieth, returns one member to the House of Commons. The population amounted in 1801 to 1028, in 1811 to 1177, in 1821 to 1614, and in 1831 to 1726.