a town of the hundred of the same name, in the lathe of Aylesford, and county of Kent, thirty-one miles from London. It stands on a branch of the Medway, called the Tun, which is navigable, and by which coals and other goods are conveyed from the Thames. It is a well-built and clean town, with a handsome church, of modern construction. There is a well-endowed grammar school, which has many exhibitions at Oxford and Cambridge. The ruins still exist of that ancient castle, which has been the scene of many events in our national history. There is a well-supplied market on Friday. The inhabitants amounted in 1821 to 7406, and in 1831 to 10,380.