BINGEN, the ancient Bingium, a town of the grandduchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, in the province of Rhenish Hesse, 15 miles W. of Mentz. It is situated almost opposite Riidesheim. on the left bank of the Rhine, at the commence of the Nahe (or Nava), which is crossed near its mouth by an iron railway bridge resting on old Roman foundations. A considerable trade is carried on in wine, grain, and cattle; and tobacco, starch, and leather are manufactured. A short way down the Rhine is the Bingerloch, a famous whirlpool, the dangers of which were almost removed by blastings undertaken by the Prussian Government in 1834; while about half-way between it and the town rises on a rock, in the middle of the stream, the tower of Bishop Hatto. On a height immediately to the south-east is the ruined castle of Klopp, originally founded by Drusus, and higher still on the Rochusberg the celebrated chapel of St Roch. Population in 1871, 5938.

BINGHAM, Joseph, a learned scholar and divine, was born at Wakefield in Yorkshire, in September 1668. He was educated at University College, Oxford, of which he was made fellow in 1689, and college tutor in 1691. A sermon preached by him from the university pulpit, St Mary’s, on the meaning of the word “Person” in the Fathers, brought upon him a most unjust accusation of heresy. He was compelled to give up his fellowship and leave the university; but he was immediately presented by Dr John Radcliffe to the rectory of Headbournworthy, near Winchester. In this country retirement be began, his laborious and valuable work entitled Origines Ecclesiasticae, or Antiquities of the Christian Church, the first volume of which appeared in 1708 and the tenth in 1722. Notwithstanding his learning and merit, Bingham received no higher preferment than that of Headbournworthy till the year 1712, when he was collated to the rectory of Havant, near Portsmouth,by Sir Jonathan Trelawney,bishop of Winchester. Nearly all his little property was lost in the great South Sea bubble of 1720. He died August 17, 1723.

BINGLEY, a thriving market-town in the West Riding of Yorkshire, on the River Aire, 5⅜ miles from Bradford, on the Midland Railway. The inhabitants are principally engaged in manufactures of worsted, cotton, paper, and iron. The town is well built, and has a neat church, a grammar school, and several charities. The population of the Local Board District, which includes a part of Mickle-thwaite, was 9062 in 1871.