New, a parliamentary borough, market-town and seaport of England, in the county of Sussex, at the mouth of the Adur, 6 miles W. of Brighton, and 56 S. by W. of London. It consists for the most part of irregular streets and quaint old houses, but has recently been much improved. Near its centre stands the market-house, supported on Doric pillars. The parish church is a fine specimen of Norman architecture, being the remains of a large cruciform edifice; the nave is in ruins, but the east front and tower are very fine. The town contains also places of worship for Independents and Wesleyan Methodists. Here, too, is a grammar school, called the College of St Nicholas; as well as various other schools, a museum, conservatory, and theatre. The custom-house is an elegant building in the Grecian style. The harbour is formed by the Adur, which has a bar at its mouth, having from 14 to 17 feet of water at high tides. An artificial channel has been cut for the river, with piers on each side. The chief business carried on in the town is ship-building. Many people are also employed in fishing, and there are extensive manufactures of cement. The Adur was formerly crossed by a ford, but a handsome suspension bridge was erected at Shoreham in 1833. The number of sailing vessels registered at the port, December 31, 1857, was 129, tonnage 16,131; of steamers, 2, tonnage 31. In the year ending at that date, there entered 812 sailing vessels, tonnage 80,449; and 52 steamers, tonnage 8440—in all, 864 vessels, tonnage 88,889; and there cleared 374 sailing vessels, tonnage 17,901; and 52 steamers, tonnage 8154—in all, 426 vessels, tonnage 26,055. The borough of Shoreham returns two members to Parliament. It includes nearly all the rape of Bamber; and had, in 1851, a population of 30,553. That of the parish was only 2590.