"God bless the King, I mean the Faith's Defender. God bless--no harm in blessing--the Pretender; Who that Pretender is, and who is King, God bless us all--that's quite another thing." Can any of your readers say who is the author of the above? G. M. B. [The above lines, "intended to allay the violence of party spirit!" were spoken extempore by the celebrated John Byrom, of Manchester, a Nonjuror, but better known as the inventor of the Universal Short Hand. They will be found in his _Miscellaneous Poems_, vol. i. p. 342. edit. 1773.] _Rev. Barnabas Oley._--The part played by this active and loyal clergyman, who was deprived of his vicarage of Great Gransden in Huntingdonshire during the interregnum, is generally known to readers of the early history of that period. Walker, who has a notice of him (_Sufferings of the Clergy_, p. 141.), says he died in 1684, but does not tell us whether he was married or not. I believe he was, and left descendants; and the object of this Query is to ascertain what were the names of his children, and with whom they intermarried. D. Rotherfield. [We do not think Barnabas Oley was ever married, as his will, preserved among Bishop Kennett's Collections, does not mention either wife or children among the legacies to "his near kindred and blood." His will, with its codicils, are curious documents, and ought to be printed. See the _Lansdowne MSS._, No. 988. fol. 94.] _Sweet-singers._--Swift says, in his _Abstract of Collins_, "Why should not William Penn the Quaker, or any Anabaptist, Papist, Muggletonian, Jew, or _Sweet-singer_, have liberty to come into St. Paul's church?" Wanted, some historical notice of the Sweet-singers. A. N. [Timperley, in his _Dictionary of Printing_, has the following note respecting them: "May 27, 1681. The Sweet-singers of the city of Edinburgh renounce the _printed_ Bible at the Canongate tolbooth, and all unchaste thoughts, words, and actions, and burn all story books, ballads, romances, &c."] "_Philip Quarll._"--Did a Mr. Bicknell write _Philip Quarll_? Was he the author of any other books? Is there a recent edition of _Philip Quarll_? and, if not, why not? E. C. R. Sunderland. [Lowndes states that this work has been "frequently reprinted." The only editions known to us are the first in 1727, and the one published in a series by Harrison and Co. in 1731. The editor's initials are P. L.] _Dedication of Middleton Church._--What is the dedication of the little church at Middleton, Essex (near Sudbury, Suffolk)? I cannot find it in the _Liber Regis_, in Wright's _Essex_, nor in Lewis's _Topographical Dictionary_. W. SPARROW SIMPSON. [The indefatigable Newcourt, in his _Repertorium_, vol. ii. p. 418., was unable to give the dedication, and has left a blank for it to be supplied by some future antiquary.]