Bible Translated With Papal Approval Debated in Rome
Rome reports a Vatican decree allowing Bible translation into local language with prior Holy See approval. Father Barberi begins an Italian version but is suspended after remonstrance by Father Baldoriotti, awaiting potential papal reversal. News from Madrid, Stockholm, and other capitals covers military actions, diplomacy, and notable deaths and appointments across Europe.
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Holy See
Benedict XIV
Father Barberi
Congregation of the Oratory
Father Baldoriotti
John Francis Albani
Oratory
Tanucci
Genoa
Madrid
Mexico
Stockholm
Ungern de Sternberg
Baron Stakelberg
Baron Dubeu
Councellor
Chamber of Commerce
Lamberg
Poméraniia
Haburgh
Mecklemburgh
Damzick
Fermor
Marienwerder
Petersbarsch
Count Schuwaloff
Panin
Dantzick
Copenhagen
England
Denmark
Ratibon
Baron Greiffenheim
Sweden
Dyet
Empire
Berlin
George Charles Emilius
Prince of
Prussia
Dresden
Breslau
Hanover
A Gentleman in St Eustatius Reports French Prize Taken
A report from St Eustatta states that on the last of November Captain Parker of HMs Woolwich captured a large French storeship laden with 40 tons of powder 120 tons of shot and many small arms. New York confirms a late November French frigate burned and destroyed fourteen English ships at Monte Christo bound for North America.
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Baston
St. Eustatta
Parker
Woolwich
Old France
Cape Francois
New-York
West- Indies
Monte Christo
North America
Boat accident on River near Worcester drowns three men
Last Monday evening a boat with 13 men coming from Bewdley sank two miles above our Bridge when a barge fouled it. Three persons, Guy Herbert and John Hawford of Worcester and John Gowe of Cleobury, drowned. The remaining ten were rescued or picked up by boats.
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Country News
Worceser
Bewdley
British Mail Sunk En Route by Suspected Privateer
The Holland Mail of February 27 reports the 23 February mail from Harwich sunk after a ship attacked it. An English privateer then proved not to be an enemy, allowing the recovered mail to be saved. Forces total 15,000 infantry plus horse, with two squadrons and another body to follow. Guards and camps prepared at Hounslow Heath by April 16 and similar encampments planned for Ireland and Scotland. Officers and horses depart for Portsmouth to sail for the Isle of Wight where a large camp will form. An express from Portsmouth says the Kennington Man of War reached there Saturday from America with General Abercrombie aboard.
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Juffren
Elizabeth Rachael
Benjamin Wolfram
Burden
Tom
Damazick
Waterford
Wadham
Bigbury Bay
Devonshire
Burely
Litchfield
Aldage
Barbary
Saffy
London
Uldage
Barron
Appleby
Sutherland
Jones
Mason
Stewart
Thomas Worfop Lawrence
Handalyd
Cowley
William Cowley
Kingsley
Lawrence
Apollos Morris
Royal Regiment of Fuzileers
Corbett
Alexander Gordon
Strode
Fulmerstone
Whurning
Norfulk
Stebbing
St. Lawrence Jewry
Richard Vernon
Ely
Tavistock
Countess
Upper Offory
Slough
Brecon
Hon
Thomas
Brecknock
Burnham
Windsor
Tate
Eton College
Chowbent
Lancashire
James Wood
General Wood
Thomas Hall
William Brookland
Berks
Steritf
Ewa College
Hammersmith
Pitt
Piccadilly
Rotherhich
Vestal
Clevland
Admiralty
Spithead
Holmes
Lizard
Chace
Bellona
Count of Beauhonoir
Lon.don
Holland
Harwich
Samuel Gilby
Guards
Foot
Hounslow-Heath
Ireland
Scotland
Portsmouth
Ile of Wight
Kennington
America
Abercrombie Onoard
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London Evening-Post
Rome
Hirschfeld
Landeck
Friedswalden
Yfemburgh
Franckfort
Munster
Council of Regency
Paderborn
Hesle
d’Isembourg
Refi-Cafel
Fritzlar
Homberg
Paris
Italy
Germany
Romagnia
Antibes
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