The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-11 00:00:00

ISLE OF WIGHT.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
A company of Newport gentlemen are about to apply
to Parliament for powers to levy tolls of all vessels. goods,
and passengers entering Newport River, for the purpose
of deepening it, and building stores, wharfs, &c ; and the
people of Cowes, conceiving they shall have to pay the
principal part of the expenses without at all being bene-
fited, have appointed a committee to watch the proceed-
ings, and, if their trade is intended to be taxed, to take
measures to oppose the Bill. The vvhcie arises from the
very unnatural situation of the parties, the Corporation of
Newport being conservators of Cowes Harbour, and their
wish of converting Newport, an inland town, into a
seaport.
The frost continues very severe through the island, and
great fears are entertained that the turnips will suffer se-
riously, which will be severely felt by the farmers, hay
being a very short crop, and not to be obtained but at a
very high price. l'he vetches also appear very much in-
jured. There is very little snow, but the roads, and in-
deed the country generally, is covered with ice, which
makes it difficult and even dangerous to travellers on foot
or horse. The river is frozen over for two miles deem,
and all communication by water has been cut off for a
week. The thermometer wages low as 20 deg. last Wednes-
day, and has been gradually getting up ; the wind fall-
ing, it is now only at 30. The barometer was nt 29.00
in. yesterday; today it is up to 29.40, wind N.N.E.
Should the weather continue, and the wind moderate,
Southampton River will be soon blocked up with ice.
A gentleman who had been residing a few days at the
Vine Inn at Cowes, was struck with the number of sailors
continually pacing the front of the Inn (a keen north-
easteely wind driving them from the quay..) and was tempted
to ask one of them, " How do you all live here ?" " Live
here I" exclaimed the tar, "we don't live here." " Not
live here l what then ?" " Why, we only bides about."

DEATH FROM THE SEVERITY OF THE
WEATHER.--An inquiry took place ou Monday evening
bcfere Mr. Payne, the Coroner, at the Three Tuns,
Bridgewater-gardena, Barbican, concerning the death of
Thos. Wells, who had been out of work for some time. lie
had been out on Friday trying to obtain employment, and
about ten o'clock that night he ran into the tap-rown of
the Three Tuns, exclaiming. •• For God's sake give me
sonic brandy ! I shall die!" lie threw himself on the
floor ; and, as all attempts to restore him were unsuccess-
ful, he was conveyed home, where he died in a few
minutes. Mr. Raines, the surgeon who was cAled to at-
tend him, said that the deceased was great:y emaciated,
and, from the appearances, he had no doubt that his death
was occasioned by exposure to the severity of she weather.
Vet (het, " D:cd from natural causes."

SINGULAR' CASE.—On Tuesday morning an
elderly man, named Peter Buse, expired in the London
Hospital, under the following singular circumstances:
A few weeks since he accidentally scratched his kit hand
with a pin, and took no notice cf the circumstance. In-
stead of the puncture, which at first was but slight, heal-
int?, ;t ,radually extendrd, and his arm became swollen to
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after enduring much pain death came to his relief.