However, by 1780 the population of Kingston was 11,000, and the merchants began lobbying for the administrative capital to be transferred from Spanish Town, which was by then eclipsed by the commercial activity in Kingston.
Nekateri so menili da je bilo za Skupščino to neprimerno mesto v bližini moralne zmede Kingstona, tako da je naslednji guverner sir Henry Moore ta zakon razveljavil.