a town of Ireland, in the province of Leinster and capital of King's-county. W. Long. 7° 20'. N. Lat. 53° 15'. It is otherwise called Philipstown.

a town of Jamaica, seated on the north side of the bay of Port-Royal. It was founded in the year 1693, when the repeated defolations by earthquake and fire had driven the inhabitants from Port-Royal. It extends a mile from north to south, and about as much from east to west, on the harbour. It contains about 3000 houses, besides negro-houses and warehouses. The number of white inhabitants is about 8000; of free people, of colour, 1500; and of slaves, about 14,000. It is the county-town, where the assizes are held, in January, April, July, and October, and last about a fortnight. It is a place of good trade; and is much referred to by merchants and seamen, because most of the ships come to load and unload their cargoes here. W. Long. 76° 32'. N. Lat. 17° 40'.

or Kyneton, a pretty large town in Herefordshire, 146 miles from London. It is situated on the river Arrow, and is inhabited chiefly by clothiers, who drive a considerable trade in narrow cloth. It has a charity-school, a market, and three fairs. The markets on Wednesday before Easter, Whitfuntide, and Christmas, are so considerable for corn, cattle, leather, home-made linen and woollen cloth, and all sorts of provisions, that they are more like fairs.