The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-10 00:00:00

ISLE OF WIGHT.

A corn (pßom OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
to is!Pany of Newport gentlemen are about to apply
ut., ornament for powers to levy tolls of all vessels. goods,
nflieDassengers entering Newport River, for the purdptobsee
Deo ieDening it and building stores, wharfs, &c ; an
Drinl3! t)f Cowes, concoiving they shall have to pay the
Iltee:Pai part of the expenses without at all being ben!.
h"° aPpointed a committee to watch the proceed-
kgetl:. :rid, if their trade is intended to be taxed, to take
1re,24 et to oppose the Bill. The whole arises from. the.
isT e unnatural situation of the parties, the Corporation of
7Port being conservators of Cowes Harbour, and. their
441;:tf. converting Newport, an inland town, into a
and
ittilitefrost continues very severe through the island, e
n., fears are entertained that the turnips will surer s
hei7, 1. which will be severely felt by the farmers, hay
•try h.very short crop, and not to be obtained but at a
itirede Igh Price. The vetches also appear very much in-
ti,„, There is very little snow, but the roads, and in.
rtilr the country generally, is covered with ice, which
et het it difficult arid even dangerous to travellers on foot
tod !;,"4 The river is frozon over for two miles down,
Reefcommunication by water has been cut off for a
thy: The thermometer was as low as 20 deg. last Wednes-
!4l:d has been gradually getting up the wind fall.
la. yelt: now only at 30. The barometer was at 29 110
ktiogerjlay ; to-day it is up to 29 40, wind N. N. E
Elotnh" the weather continue, and the wind moderate,
osptou River will be soon blocked up with ice.
evi.:lo;tontyleman who had been residing a few days at the
.aa /__
%min "4 ut Cowes, was struck with the number of sailors
pacing the front of the Inn (a keen north-
to a,h "rind driving them from the quay-) aid was tempted
here ,°llO of them, " How do you all live here ?" " Live
_
14, exclaimed the tar, "we don't live here." " Not
here I what then ?. 4, Why, we only bides about."

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II„ Ma-
ngWlDS° . MONDAY EVENING.— .
Jetty
.. •It ; :
t `" given strict injunctions thattthme
aßgonyifialcecnhtrissctacine: 1 snail be conducted upon a most
4 dtaiten from Tippoo Saib by the .
he: ail
has commanded that the
cn r
Cornwallis), celebrated
nniliot i.gweirt'hs
bed be s Castle to Mae tog . .
dining room,.
shri,/°:11 ingot of gold for his tongut, ankd. chraymstapl
atelaenthe:
to be , ent from the a,,,..._ pitteed on the side-board in
.the
at.4ngat the other rich and splendid ornaments. with
tit'Ven the room is to be decorated. There is a currnio_u_s
h:e connected wick this valuable trophy, which _ a):
hi .iworth relating. It was, for several. years, placed
st Llle alosetim of the East India Company in I eadenhall-
thr:lt ; but it having by some means been ascertained' by
IT, .44' King that this celebrated footstool of Tippoo. Sib
..,.! intended for the then Sovereign of England, it was
t•tinlnately, after remonstrances on one part, and
the
P‘on-nt " both sides, handed over to Wflliam.
:I:cele fprroomfua
t,fa-rto, and it has been ever since preserved in
golden
... te..,,,_
niodo. :i at Windsor Castle. A splendid .
sit :Plle acne
fck , p nearlyrenin s
scovered
has 15i ef the value of thirty thousand poun_d.a.,
awndith esatnimaltmed
girdedise been commanded by the Queen to be fo.
Castle to Buckingham
teht.lt one of twee Royal a the day of the chris-
,Palace, to orn.a.
e":11.g. A special m3essepngearrivedat Windsor yesterday
his Tng to carry them to town. He left this morning witli
~.. %luable charge. . The mag&flcent gold and crimsonld
oIePY, under which the peacock is placed in the go
fr4tnrTria the Castle, and the two beautiful flags taken
yep oleo Saib (forming part of the ornaments), have
5,4 °0 despatched to Buckingham Palace.
h_ 14 ASTLEY COOPER, BART.—Up to a late
.ur last ev • • t sur -on was still liv-
in, tho ening the above eminen g-
Lined ugh no hopes of his eventual recovery are enter-
%hi • Doctors Chambers and Bright arc in attendance
Earl an not Dr. Holland, as formerly stated.
hut !II SPencer left Spencer House on Monday
Ear , for Mitton House, near Peterborough, on a visit to
tot Pitzwillia who •
414 sett. --ea, is entertaining
a select party at
Theshe
‘, nuchen of Sutherland has arrived
at
!lib urmßll?Use, the Duke and family remaining at Lil-
- At 'lllll..ll°P, Where the Earl of Burlington and the
rflti°r watches of his family are staying. The Duchess
t,7,111 aeSt week to Lillesball.
A lie v,, !
the wind
ht,ili ..+-atnse colninucs extroncly cold, 8
~f
ka"! frOtC the north- SW, with occa‘ional siwwer .
the: l'he Lill 4ppear, to have been very slight through 1144144t,q1 Re the Mails arrive within half an hour of
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