The followers of Dr. Pusey, one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement in 1841. Pyrenees, Treaty of the. A treaty between France and Spain, signed in 1659, after the defeat of the Spaniards by Turenne at Dunes. France acquired Artois and Roussillon, and surrendered in return all the territory she held beyond the Pyrenees. The duchy of Lorraine was restored to the Duke, but France reserved the right of marching her troops through his country on their way to or from Alsace. Q Quadrilateral. The name given to four fortresses in Northern Italy, Peschiera, Mantua, Legnago and Verona. Quadrilateral, Bulgarian. The four fortresses of Varna, Silistria, Rustchuk and Schumla are known by this name. Quadrilateral Treaty. A treaty signed in 1840, by Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia, by which the signatories bound themselves to protect the Porte against aggression. Quadruple Alliance, 1718. An alliance between England, France, Austria and Holland, formed to prevent Spain recovering her former possessions in Italy. It became the Quadruple Alliance through the adhesion of Austria to the Triple Alliance of 1717. Its operations were completely successful, and Spain gave way in 1719. Quadruple Alliance, 1834. An alliance of Great Britain, France, Spain and Portugal, effected by Palmerston as a counterpoise to the Holy Alliance of Russia, Prussia and Austria. Quakers. The name commonly given to the Society of Friends, a sect founded in 1648 by George Fox, a Leicestershire shoemaker. The sect was organized into a Society in 1866. Quarantaine le Roy. An ordinance issued in the early part of the reign of Louis IX, designed to put a stop to private warfare. It provided that in the event of a crime being committed, a period of forty days should elapse before vengeance was exacted, and that at any time during that period the relatives of the murdered man might call upon the Bailli to execute the justice of the King. Quarterage. A special tax levied in the reign of Queen Anne upon all Catholics who established a business in Ireland. Quebec Act. An Act passed in 1775 by Lord North’s Government, authorizing the Crown to throw open posts of honour to the Catholics in Canada, and restoring the French system of law in the French Canadian provinces. It also confirmed the Roman Catholic Clergy in their benefices. Queen Anne’s Bounty. The revenue derived from annates and tithes on Church property, which had been transferred from the Church to the Crown by Henry VIII. In 1704, Queen Anne, with the consent of Parliament, retransferred these revenues to commissioners, to be employed in supplementing the incomes of benefices of less than £200 per annum. The amount annually distributed is about £36,000. Queen Dick. A nickname of Richard Cromwell, having reference to the weakness of his character. Queen of the Adriatic. The city of Venice is so called. Queen of the Antilles. A name given to the island of Cuba.