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[No. 21. 
word Chapel first introduced? Ifthere be any truth 
in the legend that St. Martin’s hat was carried 
before the kings of France in their expeditions, 
and that the pavilion in which it was lodged ori- 
ginated the term, it is probably a very old word, 
as the Saint is stated to have died a.p. 397. Yet 
the word is not acknowledged by Bingham. 
Is Chapel a legal description of the houses of 
religious meeting, which are used by those who 
dissent from the Church of England ? 
Was the adoption of the word Chapel by dis- 
senters, or their submission to it, indicative of an 
idea of assistance, rather than of rivalry or oppo- 
sition, to the Church ? 
Any answer to these inquiries, which are pro- 
posed only for the sake of information, by one 
whose means of reference and investigation are 
limited, will be very acceptable. Anrrep Garry. 
Ecclesfield, March 5. 1850, 
WHO TRANSLATED THE “TURKISH SPY?” 
Is it known who really translated that clever 
work, Letters writ by a Turkish Spy 2? The work 
was originally written in Italian, by John Paul 
Marana, a Genoese; but the English translation 
has been attributed to several individuals. 
Among Dr, Charlett’s correspondence, preserved 
in the Bodleian Library, is a letter inquiring after 
a Mr. Bradshaw. The writer says, “he was servi- 
tor or amanuensis to Dr. Allesbree, and proved 
very considerable afterwards, being the author of 
all the volumes of the ‘Turkish Spy’ but one; 
and that was the first, which, you remember, was 
printed a considerable time before the rest, and 
not much taken notice of till the second volume 
came out. ‘The first volume was originally wrote 
in Italian, translated into French, and made En- 
glish; and all the rest after carried on by this 
Bradshaw, as I am undoubtedly informed: so that 
I think him well worth inquiring after while in 
Oxford. Dr. Midgely had only the name and con- 
veyance to the press, beside what books he helped 
Bradshaw to, which, by his poverty, he could not 
procure himself.” In the margin of this letter 
Ballard has added, “Sir Roger Manley, author of 
the ‘Turkish Spy.” Baker, of St. John’s Col- 
lege, Cambridge, has written on the cover of the 
first volume of his copy of Athene Oxoniensis (be- 
queathed to the Public Library at Cambridge), 
“Turkish Spy,’ begun by Mr. Manley, continued 
by Dr. Midgely with the assistance of others.” 
Epwarp F. Rimpavtr. 
PHILALETHES CESTRIENSIS — STEPHENS’ SERMONS. 
I sha'l feel much obliged if any of your corre- 
spondents can inform me what is the real name 
of the author of the following work ; — 
“An Impartial | enquiry into the true character of 
that Faith, which is required in the Gospel, as neces- 
sary to salvation; in which it is briefly shewn, upon 
how righteous terms unbelievers may become true 
Christians, &c., by Puinaterues Cerstriensis. 8°. 
Lond. 1746. Dedicated to Philip earl of Chesterfield, 
Lord-Lieutenent of Ireland.” 
In your 6th Number is an inquiry for a “ tract 
or sermon” by the Rev. W. Stephens, which 
elicited a reply in No. 8. from “ Mr. Denton,” 
who mentions four sermons by that author, and 
inquires whether any other sermons or tracts of 
his were published, which are not included in the 
two posthumous volumes ? 
Now it has struck ne that a volume of sermons 
in my possession may, from the nature of the 
subjects, be Stephens’s, but whether included in 
the volume alluded to I know not. ‘The volume 
contains six sermons, each with separate title and 
separate pagination. A common preface is pre- 
fixed, and there has been a common title-page, 
which unfortunately is missing in my copy. 
“ Serm. I. The Divinity of Christ argued, from his 
right to worship, on Rev. v. 13, 14., preached in 1720, 
at Great Torrington, at the Visitation of the Arch- 
deacon of Barnstaple.” 
“TI. The necessity of believing the Divinity of the 
Son of God, John iii, 16., preached at Great 'Torring- 
ton on Christmas Day, 1721.” 
“ TII. The Humiliation and Exaltation of the Son 
of God considered in a new light, Philipp. ii. 6—12., 
preached at the primary Visitation of Stephen [Weston] 
Lord Bishop of Exon, at Great Torrington, 1726.” 
“TV. Christ, King of the Jews both before and after 
his Incarnation, Matt. ii. 1, 2., preached on Christmas 
Day and First Sunday after Epiphany, 1727.” 
“V, The Beginning, Extent, and Duration of Christ’s 
Mediatorial Kingdom, same text, and preached at the 
same season.” 
“VI. The natural Supremacy of God the Son; 
same text, &c.” 
The three last sermons have a title generally 
applicable, and repeated before each, viz., “‘ The 
Supreme Dominion of God the Son, both Natural, 
(Economical, and Judaical, proved from Scripture, 
in three Sermons.” ‘The separate titles bear date 
1729; and the publisher was Samuel Birt, at the 
Bible and Ball, Ave Maria Lane. 
This notice may supply the information of 
which Mr, Denton is in quest, and at all events I 
should be very glad to learn who the author really 
was. His sermons are, as is said of those of Ste- 
phens, far above the ordinary run. The period at — 
which they were delivered agrees with the dates 
of those at page 118. The author, in the general 
preface, says, that Sermon II. was not “suffer’d 
to see the light before it had pass’d through the 
hands of Dr. Waterland.” Was not Stephens sub- 
sequently Vicar of St. Andrew’s, Plymouth ? 
BaiioLensis. 
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