RYBI NSK. [Yr nost_tv.] ItV1W., Isle of Wight, Hampahlre, a watering place in the pariah of Newehurch, Is situated on the uortheast shore of the Isle of Wight, Splthead, in 50' 43'N. lat., 10' W. long., distant by it from Newport, and 75 miles S.W. by S. from London.
The population of the town of Ryde in 1851 wax 7147. The living of Newchnrch is a vicarage, with the chepelry of Ryde annexed, in the arehdeaonnry and diocese of Winchester.
The town is modern ; the streets are wide and tolerably regular, well paved, and lighted with gas; and there is a good supply of water. The houses being generally stuccoed, and of various forms and sizes, and intermingled with the foliage of trees in the numerous gardens, the appearance of the town is very picturesque. The market-house and tovrn.hall form a handsome building of the Doric order, 193 feet by 56 feet. St. Thomas's, Holy Trinity, and St. James's chapels are subordinate to the parish church, which is 7 miles distant. The Independents, Baptists, Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists, and Roman Catholics have places of worship. National, British, and Infant schools, a literary and scientific institute, and a dispensary are in the town. There are commodious baths near the pier; a neat
theatre, libraries, and reading and assembly-rooms, a handsome town hall, and an arcade of superior architectural character. There are also the Royal Victoria hospital, a dispensary, a literary institute, a philosophical society, founded in 1851, especially for the prosecution of meteorological studies. One of the finest buildings in the town is the recently-erected mansion of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club. The town exports corn, flour, sheep, calves, lambs, &c., and East and West India ships frequently call here for supplies of provisions. Tuesday and Friday are the market-days ; a pleasure fair is held on July 6th. Boat- and yacht-building are carried on, and occasionally larger vessels are built. The pier extends 1740 feet into the sea, and forma an excellent promenade. The vicinity of Ryde is very beautiful, and contains many handsome mansions. A landing may be made in calm weather at all times of the tide. Communication by steamboat with Portsmouth is kept up hourly in summer and from four to six times a &t il winter. . . • - - - [Saxe-ME:mots.] SAAR-UNION. [Rum Jim]