NEWPORT, a municipal and parliamentary borough and market-town of England, in the county of Monmouth, is situated on the right bank of the River Usk, which is here crossed by a fine stone bridge about 5 miles above its mouth, and 20 miles S.W. of Monmouth. The older parts are irregularly built, but other parts of it are of modern construction and of elegant appearance, and there are a number of handsome buildings. The parish church of St Woollos is an edifice in the Norman style, of which the nave and western archway are still well preserved in their original form; while the aisles are not older than the middle of the fifteenth century. Newport has two other Episcopal, besides Wesleyan and Calvinistic Methodist, Independent, Roman Catholic, and Baptist churches; several schools; an atheneum; a mechanics' institute; a working-man's institute; a dispensary; and a savings-bank. The town-hall and the post-office are handsome buildings, which have been recently erected. Ship-building is carried on to a great extent here; and there are also several iron foundries, a large nail-work, manufactories of anchors, chain-cables, &c. Newport has a spacious dock, which is able at all times to admit vessels of any size. The number of vessels registered as belonging to the port in 1856 was 92, and their tonnage 16,280. During the year 1856 there entered the port:—In the coasting trade, 1544 sailing vessels, tonnage 86,246; and 468 steamers, tonnage 34,298; in the colonial trade, 70 sailing vessels, tonnage 17,040; and 1 steamer, tonnage 602; in the foreign trade, 461 sailing vessels, tonnage 96,334; and 2 steamers, tonnage 1200—in all, 2075 sailing vessels, tonnage 199,620; and 471 steamers, tonnage 36,000. In the same year there cleared:—In the coasting trade, 6777 sailing vessels, tonnage 414,002; and 269 steamers, tonnage 17,259; in the colonial trade, 151 sailing vessels, tonnage 39,019; in the foreign trade, 898 sailing vessels, tonnage 183,440; and 5 steamers, tonnage 2828—in all, 7826 sailing vessels, tonnage 636,461; and 274 steamers, tonnage 20,087. Thus the total number of vessels entered in that year was 2546, tonnage 135,620; of those that cleared the number was 8100, and the tonnage 656,548. The town is connected with Gloucester, Cardiff, and Pontypool by railway, and with the last of these places also by the Monmouthshire Canal, which facilitates the intercourse with the neighbouring country. The trade of Newport is very extensive; the chief exports being coal, iron, and tin; while timber, provisions, and other articles are imported from America. The principal market-day is Saturday, and there are several annual fairs. Of the Castle of Newport, which is supposed to have been built by the Earl of Gloucester, a son of Henry I., only a square tower and a part of the great hall now remain, and are at present employed as a brewery. Newport was attacked in 1839 by a body of Chartists under John Frost; but the ringleaders were afterwards convicted of treason, though the punishment was commuted to transportation. The borough unites with Monmouth in sending a member to Parliament. Pop. parliamentary borough (1851), 19,842.