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QUECKNI, a town of the Birman empire, in the province of Martaban, and situated between the sea and a range of mountains to which it gives name.. Long. 97. 45. E. Lat. 15. 35. N.
QUEDA, or Quedah, a country of Asia, and a Malay principality, situated on the west coast, between the fifth and eighth degrees of north latitude, immediately opposite to Prince of Wales Island. It extends about 150 miles along the coast, between 5° 10' and 7° 30' of north latitude, and stretches inland from twenty to twenty-five miles. Along the shore, for a distance of about twenty-four leagues, there arc numerous islands, that shelter the coast, which is low and covered with woods. The water, to a great distance from the shore, is extremely shallow, with sand-banks, so that ships are obliged to anchor at a great distance from the shore. Twenty-three rivers, all deep enough for prows, and some for larger vessels, empty themselves into the sea. The [7:18:785]town is called Queda by strangers. It is situated in latitude 6° north, upon one of the largest rivers, which is navigable-for vessels of 300 tons burden, and is 300 yards in width at the mouth, where was formerly a brick fort, now in ruins. The entrance into this river is choked up by a flat mud-bank, over which, at spring tides, there is only nine feet water. The road where the ships anchor is about two leagues from the shore. The town of Queda formerly contained about 300 houses, inhabited by Chinese, Chulias, and Malays; and it enjoyed a considerable trade; but since the establishment of Pulo Pinang, the Malay prows have chiefly resorted to the latter place. Allistar, seven miles up the river, is the residence of the king, to which place all vessels can ascend when their draught enables them to pass the bar. The river here is narrow, but deep; and both shores are muddy, swampy, and covered with jungle. A little above Allistar the ground rises, and the river is then only navigable for prows. There are in the interior tin-mines, the produce of which is conveyed to the coast by the Qualla Moorba, a rapid and shallow stream, yet navigable for small craft. The exports of this district consist of elephants’ teeth, wax, See., but principally tin, which are chiefly exchanged for opium and Spanish dollars. The king, as in most of these eastern countries, engrosses the chief share of the trade. In 1786 an agreement was made with the king of Queda for the cession of Pulo Pinang or Prince of Wales Island; and in 1792 a regular treaty was concluded on the subject, by which the East India Company agreed to pay 6000 dollars annually whilst they retained possession of the island. A new treaty was made in 1802, for the cession of additional territory, which tract of country the company engaged to protect from all enemies, robbers, and pirates. The free exportation of provisions and other articles to Prince of Wales Island was also agreed on, besides a clause for the apprehension and delivery of insurgents, felons, debtors, and slaves; in consideration of which the company agreed to pay 10,000 dollars annually, as long as they held possession of the island and the coast.
QUEDLINBURG, a city of the Prussian province of Saxony, situated on the river Bode, which was formerly the capital of an independent ecclesiastical state, under the abbess of that name. It contains eight Catholic churches, is surrounded with walls, and has an ancient palace, with an extensive library, 1720 houses, and 11,500 inhabitants. There are extensive breweries and distilleries, and various manufactures of woollen and linen goods. Long. 11. 32. 39. E. Lat. 51. 47. 48. N.
QUEEN, a woman who holds a crown singly in her own right. The title of queen is also given by way of courtesy to her who is married to a king, and called by way of distinction queen-consort, the former being termed queen-regent. The widow of a king is also called queen, but with the addition of dowager.
QUEEN CHARLOTTE’S Islands, a group of islands lying in front of that part of the north-western coast of America called New Hanover, between the fiftieth and fifty-fourth parallels of north latitude. Cook observed these islands, but supposed that they formed portions of the continental shore. They were discovered by La Pérouse, who named them the Fleurien Islands, an appellation of which they were unintentionally deprived by Vancouver, who called them after the princess-royal of England. The largest island is of a triangular form, about one hundred and seventy miles in length, and in some parts sixty miles in breadth, and is separated from the main land by a broad channel or arm of the sea. The southern promontory of this island was named Cape Hector by La Pérouse, and Cape St James by Vancouver. The latter navigator coasted along the shore, and found that near the sea the land was moderately elevated, but that towards the interior it rose into rugged and uneven mountains. Of the Indians who inhabit it little is known, and that little is significant of their being pretty low in the Scale of intelligence.

Queen Charlotte’s Island, in the Pacific, six miles in length and one in breadth, was discovered in 1767 by Captain Wallis. Long. 138. 4. W. Lat. 19. 18. S.

Queen Charlotte’s Sound, a bay at the north end of the southern island of New Zealand, where Captain Cook erected a post with an union flag. The entrance is situated in long. 184. 45. W. and lat. 41. S.
QUEENBOROUGH, a town of the county of Kent, in the Isle of Sheppey, at the mouth of the river Medway, forty-five miles from London. It was an ancient borough, and returned two members to the House of Commons till 1832, when it was disfranchised. It is governed by a mayor and jurats. The chief employment is the oyster fishery. The population amounted in 1801 to 545, in 1811 to 805, in 1821 to 881, and in 1831 to 786.
QEENSFERRY, South, a royal burgh and parish in the county of Linlithgow, Scotland. It is situated on the south side of the Frith of Forth, nine miles west from Edinburgh, and consists of one irregular street of a mean appearance, from which branch various narrow alleys. The town is a place of considerable antiquity, having been in early times a burgh of regality, held under the abbey of Dunfermline. It obtained the privileges of a burgh of regality from Malcolm IV., which were confirmed by David II. and afterwards by Charles I.; and in the year [7:18:788]1633 the burgh sent its first commissioner to the Scottish parliament. In 1641, by act of parliament, it was dismembered from the parish of Dalmeny, and erected into a separate parish. Before the union it possessed a considerable trade, but what it now has depends on a soap-work, a brewery, and a distillery. The regular ferry is at Newhall, a little to the east of the town, where the frith contracts to one and a half mile in breadth. It is under the direction of trustees; and, in addition to the sail-boats, a steam-vessel, carrying the mail, plies regularly at all times of the tide. There are at both sides low-water piers, on which the passengers are landed, and excellent inns for their accommodation. The revenue of the burgh is about L.88, arising from customs, anchorages, shore-dues, and other small items; and its permanent expenditure is L.70. 2s. The revenue for 1837-38 amounted to L.135. It is governed by a provost, three bailies, a treasurer, a dean of guild, and fifteen councillors, and, with Culross, Dunfermline, Inverkeithing, and Stirling, returns a member to parliament. The population in the year 1821 amounted to 690, and in 1831 to 684.
QUEILING, or Koueling, a city of China, of the first rank, and capital of the province of Quangsec. It is situated on the banks of a rapid river. Long. 109.51. E. Lat. 25.12. N.
QUELPAERT, an island in the Eastern Seas, to the north of the peninsula of Corea. A Dutch vessel was wrecked here in 1635, called the Sparrow-Hawk, commanded by Henry Hamel, by whom the knowledge of this island was first brought to Europe. Long. 126. 35. E. Lat. 33. 14. N.
QUENTIN, St, an arrondissement of the department of the Aisne, in France. It extends over 430 square miles, comprising ten cantons, divided into 121 communes, with 91,200 inhabitants. The capital is a city of the same name, situated on a hill, at the foot of which flows the Somme, which is joined by two inland canals. It is strongly fortified, and has a fine old cathedral and good market-place, 1650 houses, and 10,740 inhabitants, who have been long celebrated for their fabrics of fine linens, especially cambrics and lawns, and thread-lace. These trades have, however, of late years declined, the manufactures of cotton have been substituted, and, now that spinning-mills have been at work, many muslins and fine calicoes are produced. Near this city was fought, in 1557, a great battle between the French and Spaniards. Long. 3. 12. 18. E. Lat. 49. 50. 51. N.
QUESAN, a cluster of small islands situated off the eastern coast of China, and attached to the province Tchekiang. The most southerly, called by the British sailors Patchcock, is situated in long. 120. 52. E. and lat. 29. 22. N.
QUESNE, Marquis du Quesne, admiral of the naval forces of France, and one of the greatest men of the seventeenth century, was born in Normandy in the year 1610. He contributed to the defeat of the naval power of Spain at Gattari; he was dangerously wounded before Barcelona in 1642, and on other occasions; and having entered into the service of the Swedes, he became vice-admiral, and entirely defeated the Danes, killing their admiral, and taking his ship. He was recalled into France in 1647, and commanded the squadron sent to Naples. The naval affairs of France being much decayed, he fitted out divers ships for the relief of the royal army that blockaded Bordeaux, which was the principal cause of the surrender of the town. He was very fortunate in the wars of Sieily, where he defeated the Dutch thrice, and De Ruyter was killed. He also obliged the Algerines to sue in a very humble manner for peace from France. In short, Asia, Africa, and Europe, felt the effects of his valour. He was a Protestant; yet the king-bestowed on him the land of Bouehet, and, to immortalize his memory, gave it the name of that great man. He died in 1688.
QUESTOR, or Quaestor, in Roman antiquity, an officer who had the management of the public treasure. The questorship was the first office which any person could hold in the commonwealth, and have a right to sit in the senate. At first there were only two; but afterwards two more were created to take care of the payment of the armies abroad, and to sell the plunder, for which purpose they generally accompanied the consuls in their expeditions. On this account the latter were called peregrini, as the former were called urbani. The number of questors was afterwards greatly increased. They had the keeping of the decrees of the senate; and hence came the two offices of quaestor principis, or augusti, sometimes called candidatus principis, whose office resembled in most respects that of our secretaries of state, and the quaestor palatii, answering in a great measure to our lord-chancellor.
QUEUE, in Heraldry, signifies the tail of a beast. Thus, if a lion be borne with a forked tail, he is blazoned doublequeued.
QUEVEDO de Villegas, Francisco, a celebrated Spanish poet, born at Madrid in the year 1570. He was descended from a noble family, and was made a knight of St James; but he was thrown into prison by order of Count Olivarez, whose administration he satirized in his verses, and was not set at liberty until after that minister’s disgrace. Quevedo wrote some heroic, lyrie, and facetious poems. He also composed several treatises on religious subjects, and translated some authors into Spanish. He died in 1644.

The best known of his works are, 1. The Spanish Parnassus; 2. The Adventurer Buscon; 3. Visions of Hell Reformed. Quevedo was one of the greatest scholars and most eminent poets of his time. His youth was spent in the service of his country in Italy, where he distinguished himself by the utmost sagacity and prudence. His moral discourses prove the soundness of his doctrine and his religions sentiments, whilst the correctness of his literary pieces display his accurate judgment and refined taste. His great knowledge of Hebrew is apparent from the report of the historian Mariana to the king, requesting that Quevedo might revise the new edition of the Bible of Arias Montanus. His translations of Epictetus and Phoeylides, with his imitations of Anaereon and other Greek authors, show how well he was versed in that language; that he was a Latin scholar, his constant correspondence, from the age of twenty, with Lipsius, Chifflet, and Scioppius, sufficiently illustrates. As a poet, he excelled both in the serious and burlesque style, and was singularly happy in that particular turn which we have since admired in Butler and Swift.
QUIBERON, a market-town of France, in the department of Morbihan, and arrondissement of L’Orient. It is situated on a peninsula, in a bay of the same name, and contains 1850 inhabitants. It is defended by the fort Pen-thièvre, on the same peninsula, and is remarkable for the unsuccessful attempt made in 1795, by a body of royalist emigrants, under the brave Sombreuil.
QUICK or Quickset Hedge, amongst gardeners, denotes all live hedges, of whatever sort of plants they are composed, to distinguish them from dead hedges; but in a more limited sense of the word, it is restricted to those planted with the haw thorn, under which name the young plants or sets are sold by the nursery-gardeners, who raise them for sale.
QUICKLIME, a general name for all calcareous substances when deprived of their fixed air; such as chalk, limestone, and oyster-shells, calcined.
QUICKSILVER, or Mercury, one of the metals, and so fusible that it cannot be reduced to a solid state but at a degree of cold equal to forty below zero of Fahrenheit’s thermometer. See Chemistry.
QUICK-MATCH, amongst artillerymen, a kind of combustible preparation, formed of three cotton strands, drawn into length, and dipped in a boiling composition of white-wine vinegar, saltpetre, and mealed powder. After this immersion it is taken out hot, and laid in a trough, where some mealed powder, moistened with spirits of wine, is thoroughly incorporated into the twists of the cotton, by rolling it about therein. Thus prepared, they are taken out separately, and drawn through mealed powder; then hung upon a line and dried, after which they are fit for immediate service.
QUID pro Quo, in Law, denotes the giving one thing of value for another; or the mutual consideration and performance of both parties to a contract.

Quid pro Quo, or Qui pro Quo, is also used in physic to express a mistake in the physician’s bill, where quid is written for quo, that is, one thing for another; or of the apothecary in reading quid for quo, and giving the patient the wrong medicine. Hence the term is in general extended to all blunders or mistakes committed in medicine, either in the prescription, the preparation, or the application of remedies.
QUIDDITY, Quidditas, a barbarous term, used in the schools for essence. The name is derived from this, that it is by the essence of a thing that it is a tale quid, such a quid, or thing, and not another. Hence what is essential to a thing is said to be quiddative.
QUILLET, Claude, an eminent Latin poet of the seventeenth century, was born at Chinon, in Touraine, and practised physic there with reputation; but having declared against the pretended possession of the nuns of Loudun, in a manuscript treatise, the original of which was deposited in the library of the Sorbonne, he was obliged to retire into Italy, where he became secretary to the Marshal d’Estrées, the French ambassador at Rome. In 1655, Quillet having published in Holland a Latin poem, entitled Callipaedia, under the name of Galvidius Laetus, he there inserted some verses against the Cardinal Mazarin and his family; butthat cardinal making him some gentle reproaches, he retrenched what related to the cardinal in another edition, and dedicated it to him, Mazarin having, before it was printed, given him an abbey. He died in 1661, aged fifty-nine, after having given Menage all his writings, and five hundred crowns to pay the expense of printing them; but the Abbé took the money and papers, and published none of them. His Callipaedia has been translated into English verse.
QUILLOTA, a province of the republic of Chili, in South America, about twenty-five leagues in length from north to south, and nearly twenty-one leagues in breadth from east to west. It is rich in metallic ores, and also very productive in an agricultural point of view. All kinds of grain and vines are here cultivated, and the hemp and honey of the province are much esteemed. The capital, St Martin de la Coucha, or Quillota, is built upon a fertile valley on the banks of the Aeoueagua, one of the rivers which descend from the western declivities of the Andes, and flow into the ocean. It contains about 8000 inhabitants, and is situated about one hundred miles north-west from Santiago. The population of the whole province is estimated at between forty and fifty thousand.
QUILOA is the name of a kingdom of Eastern Africa, situated to the north of Mozambique. The island of Quiloa, which appears to constitute the principal part of the sovereignty, lies opposite a peninsula formed by two great rivers, the most important of which is called Coave. This situation confers on it the accommodation of three safe and spacious ports. It is accessible at all times, and forms the mart for the trade of slaves of the whole coast of Zanguebar; but the king is compelled to yield half of the profits to the powerful schick of the island of Zanzibar, who appoints a vizier to look after his rights. Indeed the negro monarch enjoys little more than a nominal sovereignty; for the viceroy of Zanzibar, generally a Moor, keeps him in a state of tutelage, and rules supremely in his name. The continent produces a species of teak-wood, as durable as that from Surat, of the greatest beauty, and well adapted for ship-building. The sugar-cane, cotton-tree, and indigo, are indigenous to the soil. The gigantic baobab, the tamarind, the cedar, the tree which yields gum-copal, and the coffee-plant of Madagascar, arc also found here. Game, and herds of every species of wild animal, particularly the wild ox, as well as river and sea-fish, are abundant. Lions, panthers, elephants, and other formidable tenants of the forest or the desert, often visit the banks of the two rivers for the purpose of quenching their thirst. These banks are ornamented by large trees, interspersed with villages subject to the authority of the king of Quiloa. Fruits and vegetables are scarce, and millet forms the principal food of the natives. The women cultivate millet and potatoes from custom and necessity; and some also make mats and coarse stuffs for their own use. Hunting or fishing forms the chief employment of the male part of the population. The chief town of the island, which bςars the same name, was the capital of Eastern Africa, when first visited by the Portuguese in [7:18:793]the beginning of the sixteenth century. They succeeded in establishing themselves, but were at last driven out by the Imam of Muscat. There are but few traces of its ancient splendour and power now remaining. Long. 39.47. E. Lat. 8. 41. S.
QUIMPER, an arrondissement of the department of Finisterre, in France. It is six hundred and forty-one square miles in extent, is composed of nine cantons, divided into sixty-five communes, and contains 82,800 inhabitants. The capital is the city of the same name. It is on the acclivity of a hill, about ten miles from the sea, at the junction of the rivers Odet and Benaud. The harbour is accessible for vessels of two hundred tons burden, and in the road of Be-naudet the largest ship can ride in security. It is the see of a bishop, and contains a cathedral, four other churches, 1010 houses, with 6750 inhabitants, who carry on a considerable coasting trade and some fisheries. Near this place an attempt was made to land a body of royalists under Pnysaye during the revolution, but it totally failed, and the greater part of them were executed. This was the birthplace of the celebrated Hardouin. Long. 4.12. 30. W. Lat. 47. 58. 24. N.
QUIMPERLE, an arrondissement of the department of Finisterre, in France, extending over three hundred and sixteen square miles. It is divided into five cantons and twenty communes, and contains 37,200 inhabitants. The capital is the city of the same name. It stands in a rich valley, where the rivers Isolle and Elle unite their waters, and form a small and shallow harbour. It is an ill-built place, and much scattered, but contains 800 houses and 5800 inhabitants. Long. 3. 39. W. Lat. 47. 51. 53. N.
QUIN, James, a celebrated performer on the English stage, was born at London in 1693. He was intended for the bar; but preferring Shakspeare to the statutes at large, he, on the death of his father, when it became necessary for him to do something for himself, appeared on the stage at Drury Lane. In 1720 he first displayed his comic powers in the character of Falstaff, and soon afterwards appeared to as great advantage in Sir John Brute; but it was upon Booth’s quitting the stage that Quin showed to most advantage, in the part of Cato. He continued a favourite performer until the year 1748, when, on some disgust between him and Mr Rich the manager, he retired to Bath, and only came up annually to act for the benefit of his friend Ryan, until the loss of two front teeth spoiled his utterance for the stage. Whilst Mr Quin continued upon the stage, he constantly kept company with the greatest geniuses of the age. He was well known to Pope and Swift; and the Earl of Chesterfield frequently invited him to his table; but there was none for whom he entertained a higher esteem than for the poet Thomson, the author of the Seasons, to whom he made himself known by an act of generosity that does the greatest honour to bis character. Mr Quin’s judgment in the English language recommended him to Frederick prince of Wales, who appointed him to instruct his children in speaking and reading with a graceful propriety; and Quin being informed of the elegant manner in which his majesty delivered his first speech from the throne, he cried out in a kind of ecstasy, “Ay, I taught the boy to speak.” Nor did his majesty forget his old tutor; for, soon after his accession to the throne, he gave orders, without any application being made to him, that a pension should be paid to Mr Quin during his life. Mr Quin, indeed, was not in absolute need of this royal benefaction; for, as he was never married, and had none but distant relations, he sunk L.2000, which was half his fortune, in an annuity, for which he obtained L.200 a year, and, with about L.2000 more in the funds, lived in a decent manner during the latter part of his life at Bath, whence he carried on a regular correspondence with Mr Garrick, and generally paid a visit to his friends in the metropolis once a year, when he con stantly passed a week or two at Mr Garrick’s villa at Hampton. He died of a fever in 1766.
QUINARIUS was a small Roman coin, equal to half the denarius, and consequently worth about threepence three farthings of our money. It was called quinarius, because it contained the value of five asses, in the same manner as the denarius was named from its containing ten.
QUINAUT, Philip, a celebrated French poet, born of a good family, at Paris, in 1635. He cultivated poetry from his infancy, and sixteen dramatic pieces of his were acted between the years 1653 and 1666. In the mean time, Quinaut was not so much devoted to poetry but that he applied himself to the study of the law, and made his fortune by marrying the widow of a rich merchant to whom he had been useful in his profession. Quinaut afterwards turned his attention to the composing of operas, which were set to music by Lully, who was charmed with a poet whose verses were not too nervous to yield to the capricious airs of music. He died in 1688, after having for many years enjoyed a handsome pension from Louis XIV.; and he was extremely penitent in his last illness for all those of his compositions which tended to inspire love and pleasure.