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* NOTTEBOHM. 654 NOUN. cal classics, and his critical reviews of the lives and works of great composers, notably Beethoven. His publications include: Ein Hkizzenbiiih von lieethoveit (18(15); Tlicmatischcs Verzeichnis dcr im Druch ersrhieneneii ^Vcl■ke t'o» Beethoven (1868); Beethovcniana (1872-87); Jieetlioveits Stiidien (1873); Thematischcs Verseichiiis dei' im Druck erschiencnen Werke Franz Hchuberls (1874); Moznrtiana (1880); and Ein Hkizzcn- hiich con lieethoien aus dem Jahre 1803 (1880). NOTTINGHAM, not'tinjjom. An inland county of Kii^land. between Lincolnshire on the east and Yorkshire and Derbyshire on the west (Jlap: Englanil, K 4). Area, 826 square miles. The eastern portion is comparatively level, the western undulating; in the south are the upland moors and pasture lands, and in the west are re- mains of the royal forest of ^^herwood. The soil is fairly productive; the agricultural industries include market gardening and hop-raising. There are important (lomeslic mantifactures and some coalmining. The principal river is the Trent, connected bv canals with the Witham. Popula- tion, in 189i, 445.823: in I'.IOl, ■514,537. Capital, Xottingham. NOTTINGHAM. A numicipal Iwrough and county, tin- capital of Xottinghamshirc. Kngland, on the Leen, at its junction with the Trent. 130 miles north-northwest of London (-Ma)!: Eng- land, E 4). It is built principally on the slope and at the foot of a rocky eminence crowned by an ancient castle. The nuirket place, 5% acres in e.Ktent, is surrounded by line buildings. The Exchange, the town and county halls, the house of correction. Saint Mary's Church, the Roman Catholic Chai)el. the new free grammar school, erected in 1868. and the L'niversity College, with its fine buildings, are edifices worthy of special mention. The free grammar school was founded in 1513. There are numerous hospitals for the poor and infirm, a public park of 150 acres, a conniion. called Bulwell Forest, of 135 acres, and a fine arboretum of 17 acres. The municipality owns ])ropcrty which returns a revenue of $150,000 yearly, namely, the water, gas, and electric light- ing plants, markets, free libraries, baths, ceme- teries, parks, garden allotments, tramways, ar- tisans' dwellings, hospitals, lunatic asylums, and a large sewage farm. It is the sole munici- pality in England that maintains a university college, ('(jiuu'cled with the college are well- equipped technical schools, including an agri- cultural department and a natural liistory school. It is one of England's leading educational insti- tutions. In 1874 the (own ac<]uircd Xottingham Castle anil installcil art galleries and a museinn, Xottingham is an impcutant industrial centre, the principal manufactures being bobbinet and lace, anil cotton and silk hosiery. Cotton, silk, and flax mills, iron, wire, biiycle. basket, brass, and bleaching works are in operation. Formerly the city was noted for its manufactures of wool- ens. .•s the Snottengaham. 'home of the caves,' of the 8axons. the place fir-^t hecame important in the ninth centurj'. It was one of the five Danish bor- oughs. Xottingham Castle was hiiilt by William the Conqueror, and was the seat of |iarliamen(s and other important historical events. Charli'-* I. set up his stjindard at Xottingham. and the castle was held at times by both loyalists and Parlia- mentarians. It was dismantled bv Cromwell in 1044, rebuilt after the Kestoration, and sufTered severe damage from fire during the Reform Hill riots of 1831. Xottingham has been a manufac- turing town for over tiOO years. Its oldest charter, dated 1155. confirmed privileges granted by former kings. Its latest royal charter of 1S1)7 conferred the rank and title of city under the designation of "City of Xottinghain, and the Coiinty of the same City," in eonnnemoration of N'ictoria's dia- mond iul)ilee. Xottingham is the seat of a suf- fragan bishopric to l^incoln, and of a United tStates consulate. It sends three members to Parliament. Population, in 1851, 57,400; in 1S!)1, 213,!IOO; in 11101, 230,750. Consult Bailey, History of Soltinyhamshire (London, 1853-65). NOTTINGHAM, Hkne.ge Fixch, Earl of (1621 Si). An English lawyer and statesman, the son of Sir Keneage Finch, Speaker in Charles l."s first Parliament. He was educated at Christ Church, and then studied law. He sat in the Conventitm Parliament, and in 1600 he was ap- pointed Solicilor-tiencral and created a baronet, in religious all'airs he was a conservative, in- sisted on the maintenance of bisho])s as a part of the Church establishment, and op|)oscd all tolera- tion of dissenters. In 1670 Finch became Attor- ney-General, and from 1673 to 11)76 he was Cham- berlain of Chester. Having gradually become the spokesman of the Court in the House of Com- mons, he was appointed on November 9, 1073, Lord Keeper of the Seals, and the following year was raised to the peerage as Baron Finch of Daveutry. The same year he resigned as I^ord Keci)cr of the Seals to become inunediately Lord Chancellor, and as such presided over the many important political trials of the day. On May 12. 1681. he was created Earl of Xottingham. He died December 18, 1082. In a time of violent partisanship Finch is remarkable in that in his long career he never was attacked by either the Court or Parliament, and always enjoyed the full confidence of both, though he was chairman of nearly every important comniitlee while he sat in tlic House of Commons. NOT'TOWAY. An Ij-oquoian tribe, formerly living u]ion the river of the sauu> mime in south- eastern Virginia. In language and alliances they were closely connected with the Tuscarora of North Carolina. Wlien the English first occupied Virginia, the Nottoway seem to have been one of the strongest tribes in the region, but in the later colonizatiim period they were already hastening to swift decay. In 1701 they occupied a pali- saded village on the west bank of the river, where they still numbered about 500 souls in 1722, In 1785 they held a reservation of 27,000 acres, very little of which, however, was uniler cultivation. In 1825 there were still 47 persons bearing the name, although their blood was prob- ably more negro than Indian. NO'TUS (froniGk. wirot, .south). The south- west wind, called by the Romans Auster (q.v.). NOUMEA, nnn-ma'a. The capital of Xew Caleilonia. situated near the southern extremity of the island (.Map: .Australasia. .T 5). It is a railroad terminus and has a good harbor. The population, in 1808, was 0068. NOUN (OF. noun. non. nun. Fr, nom. from Lai. nrimrn, name: connected with Gk. fvofui, nnoniii. Ir. ainm. OPruss. rmne.i. OChnrch Slav. imrn. Goth, finmo, OHG. nnmo, Ger. Name, AS.