May lit] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



[1844. 



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^fcRDAY, MAY 11, 1844. 



„riT WESTErFraILWAy!— On Wednesday, 



ft R ? A ,Tt May 1844, the Railway was completed to Exeter, 



L he Jcrations for he Summer Trains commenced, 

 the alterations . ^ ^^ £xeter at 



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1I.S0A.M. 



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.t T ? a 7 - ;^d the 7p."k Train will leave Bristol for Exeter 



* l 6 - S# - a • ♦»,. o a m Train will leave Bristol for Exeter at 

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7 A n M ^davAhe?e^ be an additional Train from Padding- 

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The recall of the Governor-General ofJHndia has of 

 course excited some speculation on the choice of his 

 successor, and rumour was busy last week in anticipating 

 the probable decision of the East India Directors. All 

 doubt is now removed by the announcement that Sir 

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Court. — The Queen, accompanied by the Princess 

 Royal, left Buckingham Palace on Saturday for Clare- 

 mont. Prince Albert remained in town to attend the 

 dinner of the Royal Academy, and joined her Majesty at 

 Claremont in the evening. The Prince of Wales and the 

 Princess Alice also arrived at Claremont on the same day. 

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 to Claremont in the afternoon. The Queen and Prince 

 arrived at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday from 

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 Concerts, of which His Royal Highness was the Director. 

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 enable the Prince to lay the first stone of the new build- 

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 and the Royal Family will not proceed to the island 

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 Osborne House has been found so small and inadequate 

 for the accommodation of the Royal suite that the idea of 

 making it a permanent residence for the Queen is all but 

 abandoned, and that negotiations are in progress for the 

 purchase of Norris Castle, at East Cowes. which ismucli 

 more suitable for a Royal residence. The Countess 01 



