THE WILL OF THE PRINCE IMPERIAL.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3338, 3 September 1879, Page 3

THE WILL OF THE PRINCE IMPERIAL.

"This is my will. "1. I die iv the Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman religion in which I waa born. " 2. I desire that my body he plnced near that of my father, pending the removal of both to the resting place of the foander of our house in the midst, of that French people whom, liko him we dearly loved. "3. My last thought will be for my country; it is for her that I should wish to die. , ... ' ' "4; I hope that my, mother will preserve for me, when I am no more, the affectionate remembrance that I shall cherish for her to my last hour. "5. Let my personal frieud9, servants, and the partisans of the cause which I represent, be convinced that my gratitude to,.,the.n»;;wni only cease with my life. i«6. I shall die with a feeling of deep gratitude to Her Majesty the Queen of England, to all the royal family, and to the country, where I have received during eight f«ars«och a cordial hospitality. • "I appoiat my beloved mother, the Empress Eugenic, my residuary legatee, and charge her. with the payment of tho following legacies:— / . , " I bequeath 200,000f. to my cousm the Prince J. N. Murat. I bequeath IOO.OOOf. to M. E. Pietri, in recognition of his faithful services. I bequeath IOO.OOOf. to M. le Baron Corviaart, in ronjeuition of his devotion. I bequeath iwJJwOi*. to Mdlle. de Larminnt, who has | always shown heraelf so attached to my mother. I bequeath IOO.OOOf. to M. A. | Filon; my former tutor. I bequeath | IOO.OOOf. to M. L. N. Conneau. I bequeath 100,000f. to M. L. Espinasse. I bequeath IOO.OOOf. to Captain Bizofc, all three my oldest friends. I desire my dear mother to settle an annuity of ■lOO.OOOf: on Prince L. L. Bonaparte. An annuity* of oOOOf. on M. Bachon, my former equerry. An annuity of 2500 F. each on Madame Thierry and Uhlmann. I desire that" all my other servants may never be dismissed. I desire to leave to Prince N. Charles Bonaparte, to the Dnke de Bassaao, and to M. Kouher three of the most handsome souvenirs that my executors cau select. I desire to leave also to General Simmons, to Mr Strode, and Mgr. Goddard three souvenirs which my executors shall select from the objects of value which belong to me. I bequeath to M. P. Pietri my cat's eye pin, and to M. Corvisart my rose-pearl pin. To Mdlle. de Larminat, a locket containing the portraits of my father and mother. To Madame Lebreton, my enamelled watch, with my cypher in diamonds. To MM. Conneau, Espinasse, Bizot, J. N. Murafc, A. Fleury, P. de Bourgoing, S. Corvisart, my arms and uniforms, except the last that I shall have worn, which I leave to my mother. I leave to.M. D'Entraygues a round pearl pin, which was given to me by the Empress. I beg my mother to , have the kindness to distribute among those who in my lifetime showed me some attachment, jewels or objects of less value which; may recall me to their remembrance. I bequeath to MadamelaComtesse | Clary mj pearl pin (A) ; to the Duke de. Huescar , my cousin, my Spanish swords. —Napoleon. "AH written with my own hand, I need not recommend my mother to neglect nothing' to defend the memory of my great uncle and of my father. I beg her to remember that as long as there are Bonapartes the Imperial cause will have representatives. The duties of our House towards the country will not expire with my life; I being dead, the task of con- | tinning.the.work of Napoleon 1* and of Napoleon 111. devolves upon the eldest son of Prince Napoleon, and I hope that my beloved mother, in aiding him by all means in her power, will give to us who shall be no more this last proof of affection.— Napoleon. ' " 26th February, 1879, at Chialehurst. "I name MM. Rouber and F. Pietri my executors. —N."