The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-11 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, TUESDAY.
The Queen drove out in the grounds yesterday after-
noon.
The Royal children also took their usual exercise.
The Earl of Clarendon is expected to arrive to-day, on a
visit to her Majesty.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at
her residence, Gloucester-house, Piccadilly.
A deputation from the operative ropemakers had an re.,
terview yesterday with the Lords Commissioners of the
Treasury, to protest against any alteration taking place in
the import duties on foreign yarn and rope. The deputa-
tion consisted of Richard Burridge, Daniel Smith, Thomas
Hay, John Sewell, and Jas. Falconer.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has issued invitations
for a full dress dinner on the 24th inst. in celebration of
her Majesty's birth-day, at his residence in Downing.
street.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester-
day. The Lords present were—the Lord Chief Justice of
the Court of Common Pleas, the Judge of the High Court
of Admiralty, Sir J. Patteson, and Sir Edward Ryan. An
appeal was heard from Bengal, " Mottylol Seal v. Dent
and others."

THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S WILL.

In consequence of the determination of the Earl of
Derby, the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli (the late
Chancellor of the Exchequer), and the Right Hon. Charles
Shaw Lefevre (the Speaker of the House of Commons), to
renounce the executorship of the late Duke of Wellington s
will, letters of administration were granted by the Prero-
gative Court of the province of Canterbury, on the sth
instant, to his son, the present duke, and his grace has
since accepted the trust. The will seems to have been
written under very peculiar circumstances, upwards of 35
years agos and with that promptitude and decision which
marked almost every act of his grace's life ; but at the
same time displays evident traces of the agitation under
which it was drawn up. The will is dated February 17,
1818, and was written in Paris by the Duke himself, who
accounts for that circumstance in the following remark
which forms the preamble :—" An attempt having been
made to assassinate me on the night of the 10th inst. (Feb.
10, 1818), which may be repeated with success, and being
desirous of settling my worldly affairs, and there being- no
professional person in Paris to'whorn I can entrust the
task of drawing my will, I now draw it myself in my own
handwriting." His grace then directs that an annuity of
1,0001. shall be paid to his second son, Lord Charles
Wellesley, who, however, has the option of claiming a sum
of 20,0001. as an equivalent. Apsley House, and the fur-
niture therein, money invested in the funds and Exchequer
Bills, are thus to be disposed of :—The money is directed
to be laid out in the purchase of an estate, which, together
with Apsley House and its contents, are given to the pre-
sent duke for life, with remainders over to his issue, and,
in default of issue, to Lord Charles Wellesley, and his issue
in like manner. In case of the death of both (the present
duke and Lord Charles Wellesley), without heirs male, the
property passes over to the descendants of the brothers of
the latfildtikii.' Certain personal estate, which 'his grace,
designakg as "money given me by the nation," or any
estates. which may be purchased with such money, are
directelNolia.ss, under trusts very similar to those of the
foregoingymbiArty, Apsley House first going to the
children iqf qhe 4pke, and on their deaths, leaving no issue,'
to the &Adieu or his brothers. The wording of the will
is very involved, end the residue, which, owing to the
lapse of time; must have greatly accumulated is undis-
posed of.