NEWPORT, a market-town of the county of Monmouth, and hundred of Wentlodge, 147 miles from London. It stands at the mouth of the river Usk, across which there is a fine bridge. A canal, divided into two branches, and running into great coal-fields, has created a large trade in coals between this town and the opposite ports of the Bristol Channel in the counties of Somerset and Devon. In the neighbourhood there are many ruins of ancient castles and of religious houses. The market is held on Saturday. The population amounted in 1801 to 1135, in 1811 to 2346, in 1821 to 4001, and in 1831 to 5441.