NEWPORT, a town situated within the parish of Carisbrook, in the Isle of Wight, and the capital of that island. It is seventy-nine miles from London, and stands upon a gentle elevation close to the river Medina. It is a well-built town, with a good market-place, wide streets, and respectable dwellings. It has a corporation, consisting of a mayor, twelve aldermen, and twelve burgesses, in whom was formerly vested the right of electing two members to the House of Commons; but this is now extended to all the inhabitants. There are good markets, which are held on Wednesday and Saturday, and at the latter the greater part of the corn grown on the island is sold. About one mile from the town is Carisbrook Castle, a remarkable pile, celebrated for the imprisonment of Charles I. within its walls. It is still in tolerable preservation. The population amounted in 1801 to 3585, in 1811 to 3855, in 1821 to 4059, and in 1831 to 4081.