Qualification Bill, proceedings on, iii. 279. Quakers exempted in the Marriage Bill, i. 340. Quebec, expedition against, iii. 171, et seq.; General Murray defeated at, 284; the French driven thence, _ib._ Queries, constitutional, so called, an attack on the Duke of Cumberland, i. 9, et seq. Ralph, a dull political author, bought off by mistake, i. 345, 346. Randan, Duc de, the French governor of Hanover, his praiseworthy humanity, iii. 104. Ranelagh masquerades, curious denouncement of, by drunken mobs, iii. 98. Ravensworth, Lord, his character as a warm and honest Whig, i. 303; affair of the pretended memorial, _ib._, et seq. Reduction of duties proved to be beneficial, ii. 177. Regency, political views respecting, if during the minority of Prince George, i. 98, 104, 146. Reporters in Parliament, first taken notice of in the House of Commons, ii. 108. Republicanism, observations on, i. 376, 377. Rewards to military and naval officers, iii. 237, 238. Richelieu, Duc de, character of, and affair of Minorca, ii. 210, 225, 226; writes to Voltaire in vindication of Admiral Byng, 311. Richmond, second Duke of, his death, i. 3. Richmond Park, remarkable law-suit respecting, i. 401, 402; further contests with the Princess Amelia about the right of way, ii. 220. Rider, Sir Dudley, parliamentary character, i. 123, 124; dies just as made a peer, ii. 202; the patent withheld, and why, _ib._ Rigby, Mr., becomes an agent between Fox and the Duke of Bedford, ii. 45; further political intrigues in Ireland, 315; political character and conduct in Ireland, iii. 66, 70, 73. Robinhood Society, its meetings and rules, i. 42. Robinson, Sir Thomas, appointed secretary at war, i. 388; his character, _ib._; resigns the seals to make way for Fox; his gratitude and paternal feelings on receiving place and pension, ii. 44, 45; absurd reply to Pitt, 93. Rochefoucault, Cardinal, works on the superstition of Louis XV., ii. 176. Rochester, election to supply Byng’s vacancy; singular circumstances connected with it, ii. 372. Rochfort, attack on, first proposed, iii. 44; expedition to, 45, et seq.; inquiry on, 74, 75. Rockingham, Marquis of, his inefficient speech on the Scottish Colonization Bill, i. 272; on the prince’s tutors, 331. Roman Catholics in Ireland, their state in 1752, and before, i. 278, et seq. Rosbach, battle of, Imperial and French armies defeated by the King of Prussia, iii. 80. Rouillé, Mons., the French Minister, sends an extraordinary memorial respecting hostilities, ii. 150. Royal marriages first controlled by legal enactment in the Regency Bill, i. 146.