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Athenæum ¹

Sunday April 26

My Dear Charles

Accounts have been received in Town from Sydney dated nineteen days after the attempted assassination of the Duke of Edinburgh ² and he was still progressing favorably towards recovery. But the wound was very nearly proving fatal and if the ball had taken a slightly different direction it would have been so. The Prince will be sent home to England – If this had not happened he would have gone on to New Zealand where the greatest preparations had been made to give him a loyal welcome. He would likewise have visited the islands of the Pacific, and returned home next year by way of Cape Horn. But all that is now at an end. I propose to leave this Tuesday, but any letters forwarded on Monday will be in time, as I shall call at the Club for them.

Your aff^te

Father

Envelope:

C. H. Talbot Esq
Lacock abbey
Chippenham