a town of the hundred of the same name, in the county of Surrey, ten miles from London. It is sometimes called, to distinguish it, Kingston-on-Thames, as it is situated on the right bank of that river, over which there is a handsome bridge, lately erected. It is one of the three county towns of Surrey. The spring assizes are held at it, as well as the sessions; and there is a large county jail. It is a corporate town, governed by bailiffs, a recorder, and justices. Formerly two members were returned to parliament. This place is supposed to have been the residence of one of the Saxon kings, and to have derived its name from that circumstance. There is but little trade except that of making malt, but there is a good market on Saturday. The inhabitants amounted in 1801 to 3793, in 1811 to 4144, in 1821 to 4908, and in 1831 to 5989.

the capital of Jamaica. See Jamaica.

town of Upper Canada, is advantageously situated on the northern bank of Lake Ontario, at the head of the river St Lawrence, and is separated from Points Frederick and Henry by a bay which extends a considerable distance to the north-west beyond the town, where it receives the waters of a river flowing from the interior. Point Frederick is a long, narrow peninsula, extending about half a mile into the lake in a south-easterly direction, distant from Kingston about three quarters of a mile, on the opposite side of its bay. This peninsula forms the western side of a narrow and deep inlet, called Navy Bay, from its being the chief harbour of the British navy on Lake Ontario. The extremity of the point has a strong battery, and there is a dock-yard with storehouses, and the like. Point Henry, forming the eastern side of Navy Bay, is a high, narrow, rocky ridge, extending into the lake, and crowned by a fort built on its extremity. The dock-yard, storehouses, slips for building ships of war, naval barracks, wharfs, and the like, are on an extensive scale, and in a very short period of time a formidable fleet could be equipped at this place. Next to Quebec and Halifax, Kingston is the strongest town in British America; and, with the exception of the former city and Montreal, it is the first in commercial importance. It has risen rapidly of late years, by becoming, through the means of the Rideau Canal, the main entrepot between the trade in the lower province and all the settlements on the great lakes to the westward; and, from the measures now in progress to render the St Lawrence navigable between Montreal and Lake Ontario, it may be expected to increase yet more rapidly. The town is regularly laid out, whilst many of the houses are built of stone, and are both spacious and commodious. The public buildings are, a court-house, a government-house, a jail, an hospital, and several churches, besides the garrison, naval depot, and other places already mentioned. The harbour, which is one of the best on the lake, is well sheltered and convenient; and here, from the commencement of spring till the latter end of autumn, great activity prevails. In 1828 the population of Kingston was 3528, and in 1834 it had risen to nearly 6000.