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Rh QUEEN'S HEAD. 269 QUENINGTON. N ewhall ; also another pier for the convenience of boats when they fail to make the former point. In the middle of the strait is a small rocky island designated Inch Garvie, and about half a mile to the westward is Port Edgar, the place of embarkation of George IV. on his return to England. Queen Victoria embarked at Queensferry for North Queensferry on her way to Perthshire in 1842. The principal business is in the coasting trade, and in coals. There are an extensive distillery, a brewery, and soap factory. During the winter season the inhabitants are principally engaged in the herring fisheries. The burgh unites with Stirling, Culross, Inverkeithing, and Dunfermline in returning one member to parliament. The par. is in the presb. of Linlithgow and synod of Lothian and Tweeddale, and in the patron, of the town council. The minister has a stipend of 171. The parish church, was restored in 1821. There are a parochial and other schools. The principal residence is Hopetoun House, the seat of the Earl of Hopetoun. A pleasure fair is held on the first Friday in August. QUEEN'S HEAD, a vil. and ecclesiastical district in the par. of Bradford, wap. of Morley, West Riding co. York, 4 miles S.W. of Bradford, and 32 S.W. of York. It is situated near the head of the river Aire, partly in the tnshp. of Clayton and partly in North Owram. The village stands on the summit of a bold eminence, surrounded by wild moorland country. The population are chiefly employed in the manufacture of worsted goods and in weaving. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Ripon, val. 150, in the patron, of the crown and bishop alternately. The church is a modern structure. There are also places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyans within tho township of Clayton. QUEENSIDE, a small loch in the co. of Renfrew, Scotland, 5 miles N.W. of Lochwinnoch. QUEENSTOWN, formerly COVE OF CORK, a sea- port town, partly in the par. of Clonmel, but princi- pally in that of Templemore, bar. of Barrymoro, co. Cork, Ireland, 14 miles E.S.E. of Cork. It is situated on the S. side of Great Island, in Cork Harbour, in 51 51' N. lat, and 8 18' W. long. The population in 1851 was 11,419, including 4,172 persons, passengers and crew on board vessels then in the harbour ; but in 1861 it was only 8,719. This town overlooks, and almost literally over- hangs, the basin of Inner Cork Harbour, and occupies the steep and southern face of a hill, rising from near the edge of the water to a considerable height. The principal seats are wide and commodious, and the houses are regularly built, and in many places faced with slate to protect them from the effects of the prevailing storms. Previous to 1786 Queenstown was but a small village, occupied only by tide waiters and pilots of Cork, and by a few fishermen. During the French war it was made an admiral's station, and quickly rose in importance. It was used as a port for the embarkation of troops going on foreign service, and a rendezvous for ships about to sail under convoy. Six hundred merchant vessels have been at anchor m the harbour at one time, and 400 sail have left on a single day. It is suited for tho scene of extensive commerce. Tho harbour is 3 miles long by 2 broad, with an entrance 2 miles long and 1 milo wide. It is bounded on one side by Great Island, and on tho other by the mainland and Spike Island, which form an oval basin sufficiently capacious to contain and shelter the whole navy of England, and ntrance is commanded by the Carlisle and Camden forts, .which frown from the summit of two lofty cliffs on either side, but are not now maintained. Spike Island i artillery barracks and a depSt for convicts. There is an ordnance dep6t on Haulbowline, a small island opposite Queenstown, and near it, in Rocky Island, two powder magazines have been cut out of the solid rock. Queenstown carries on but little trade. Ifls resorted to as a port of call where vessels wait for orders to proceed to their destination. From its minority, and tho comparative equality of tho tem- tnre, and the dryness of the air, it is much resorted to by consumptive patients, and other classes of in- valids. The climate is reputed by some authorities to be more equable and mild than that of any part of England or France, and even to equal that of Rome or Naples. In summer it is much used as a bathing-place, and is at all times a favourite resort of the citizens of Cork. It contains a parish church in the early English style of architecture, with stained-glass windows ; a Roman Catholic chapel, which serves as the cathedral of the diocese of Cloyne; and a Wesleyan chapel. National schools, parochial schools under the Church Education Society, and an infant school ; a club room, a literary society, a public library, and reading rooms. It has also a market-house, a fever hospital, a dispensary, and a bridewell. Near the western entrance to the town is a pier erected in 1805 at a cost of 20,000, which forms a promenade, and commands a view of the harbour. In the centre of the beach, near the custom-house, is the club-house of the Royal Cork Yacht Club, built in the Italian style of architecture. The annual regatta given by the club is usually held in tho month of July, and attracts the best yachts of the sister country. The government of the town is chiefly vested in the local magistrates ; and the Cork Harbour Board have likewise a certain jurisdiction. Petty sessions are held every Monday. A market is held on Saturday. The views round Queenstown are beautiful. Rostill, on Castle- Mary, and the Vale of Cloyne, with its ancient cathedral and round tower, lying oil tho E. ; to the S. the harbour ; and to the W. Carrigaline, with its estuary, and the expanse of the river Lee. In a cemetery surrounding the ruins of Clonmel church, a short distance from the town, lie the remains of Tobin, the author of the " Honeymoon," and Woolfe, the author of the verses oa the death of Sir John Moore. QUEENWOOD, a hmlt. in tho hund. of King's- Sombourn, Romsey div. of co. Hants, 3 miles N.W. of Romsey, and 10 from Southampton. It was here that Robert Owen, in 1842, established Harmony Hall, on the socialistic principle, since converted into a training agricultural school. QUEICH, two streams of this name in the co. of Kinross, Scotland. They are distinguished as North and South Queich, and both fall into Loch Leven. QUEMERFORD, a tythg. in the par. and hund. of Calne, co. Wilts, 2 miles from Calne, and 28 N.W. of Salisbury. It is situated on a branch of the Wilts and Berks canal near the river Marian. QUENBY, a hmlt. in the par. of Hungerton, hund. of East Goscote, co Leicester, 7 miles N.E. of Leicester, and 1 mile S.E. of Hungerton. Tho ancient manor house has been in the possession of the Ashby family upwards of seven centuries. QUENDAL VOE, a harbour in the most southerly part of the Shetland Isles, coast of Scotland. It is situated between Fitful and Sumburgh Heads, about 24 miles S.W. of Lerwick. QUENDON, a par. in the hund. of TJttlesford, co. Essex, 6 miles N.E. of Bishop Stortford, its post town, and 3 N. of Elsenham railway station. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on tho road to Newmarket, and on the river Stort. It is chiefly agri- cultural. It is a place of ancient date, having existed prior to Edward the Confessor's time. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 150, and there are 35 acres of glebe. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Rochester, val. 165. The church was rebuilt in 1861. The register dates from 1687. The principal residence is Quendon Hall. Captain Byng is lord of the manor. QUENINGTON, a par. in the hund of Brightwells Barrow, co. Gloucester, 2 miles N. of Fairford, its post town. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the river Coin. In the vicinity are traces of a com- mandery of Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusa- lem, founded by Agnes do Laci in John's time. Its revenue at the Dissolution was valued at 137 7*. d. t and the site given to the Kingstones. The tithes were commuted for a money payment in 1764, and there are 75 acres of glebe. The living is a rect.* in the dioo.