The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-26 00:00:00

THE LATE QUEEN OF WIRTEMBERO,

THE WILL OF HI:It LATE MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF
WIRTEMBERG,
FORMERLY PRINCESS ROYAL OF ENGLAND.

The Will of her late Majesty the Queen of Wir-
emberg was yesterday proved in the Prerogative
Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury, by his Ex-
cellency the Count de Mantlesloh, the present Mi-
nister from Wirtemberg to the British Court, who
is also named as the Attorney Executor, represent-
ing his Majesty the present King of 'Wirtemberg.
The property in England is sworn under the value
of 80,0001. sterling; and the Will, which is in the
German language, beautifully written on vellum, is
dated from the Palace of Ludwigsburg, the 23(1 day
of December, 1816, and consequently a number of
the legacies named therein have lapsed in conse-
quence of the death of the legatees. Th-efOlToiVink
will be found to be a correct abstract of the several
bequests, in the progressive order in which they ap-
pear in the Will :
" Her Majesty, in the event of her Royal Father
or Mother surviving her, appoints them her heir in
legitimam, with a request that her property thus
devolving to them be either immediately, or at least
at their Majesties' decease, given up entire and un-
diminished to those heirs to whom she has be-
queathed the residue of her property and effects.
" In case of her Majesty surviving ber Royal
Parents, her Majesty gives the whole of the pro-
perty secured to her under her marriage settlements
(subject to the legacies thereafter noticed), to the
legitimate children of the present King of Wirtem-
berg, her Majesty's sun-in-law, and constitutes them
her principal heirs ; but directs the same to be pre-
served entire and undiminished as a family Fidci
Commissum, and that, consequently, her heirs shall
not be entitled to dispose of the substance of such
property, but shall have only the Usqfruct thereof
as an annual revenue."
The following are the specific legacies given by
the will :
" The rings (30 in number), and the drawings
which het- late Consort bequeathed to her, are direct-
ed to be given—the former to the Royal Museum of
Arts and Curiosities, and the latter to the Royal
Private Library at Wirtemberg.
" The Heron Aigrette, presented to her Majesty
by the Grand Seignior, Selim 111., to be given to
the Royal House of Wirtemberg, to form part of
the Jewels of the Crown ; also her late Consort's
portraits, but without their mountings; and also the
portraits of the Royal Family of England; and
directs them to be placed in the gallery of the Royal
Family at Wirtemberg.
" To his Majesty the King of Wirtemberg she
bequeaths the collection of English Translations of
Ancient Classics; all the Historical Works, toge-
ther with the collection called the English Classics,
in the Palace of Ludwigsburg; al,q, the portrait
bust of her late Consort, painted in oil, by Hetch ;
the bust of the Princess Catharine de Montfort, in
Carrara marble; a clock in bronze, - representing a
standing figure, with a garland of Stars; the Tur-
quoise, mounted in a ring usually worn by, and
which devolved to her late Consort, out of the ef-
fects-of the late Count Van Zeppelin, senior.
" Her Majesty begs the present Queen of Wir-
temberg to accept, as a token of remembrance, a
round table of bronze and marble, with a porcelain
slab, upon which is a view of Monrepos. Also a
round table of mahogany, with three bronze figures,
and a painted porcelain slab, and a family breakfast
service of Ludwigsburg porcelain ; also, her chryso-
lite necklace, ear-rings, and head-band set with
brilliants.

To her grand-daughter, the Princess Marie of
Wirtemberg, a row of forty-two oriental pearls, re-
ceived by her Majesty as a nuptial present from her
late husband ; and also a blue enamelled gold watch,
set with brilliants, with a jasper chain.
" To the said Princess Marie, or the eldest (laugh-
ter of the King of Wirtemberg, the necklace made
of the pearls and four large brilliants, from the large
epaulette bequeathed to her Majesty by her late
Consort."

To the children of her son-in-law, Prince Paul of
NiTirtemberg, she bequeaths as follows :
" To Prince Frederick, a large gilt tea-urn and a
silver standish.

" To Prince Augustus, two pair of silver cande-
labra.

" To the Princess Charlotte, six corn ears in bril-
liants, and an Englitih tea-service.
To the Princess Paul ne, six brilliant corm ears,
a silver tea-urn, and a silver toilet.

"To the Duchess Louise of Wirtemberg,
coffee service of I.udwigsburg gilt porcelain, with a
view of Friudeuthal ; also a fire-screen, with a paint-
ing on tin, after Raphael."
The following are the bequests to the Royal Fa•
mily of England :
" To her mother, the (late) Queen of England,
a hair pin in the form of a half-moon set with bril-
liants ; and also a breakfast service of Vienna por-
celain, of which the tea-board represents th© Death
of Dido.

" To his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, his
present Majesty, a clock, in an alabaster case, toge-
ther with four vases thereHnto belonging.
To his Royal Highness the Duke of York, a
clock, in alabaster, with four vases, mounted in
bronze.

" To his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence,
a clock, in bronze, ornamented with Cupid wheeling

a barrow, and oho two bronze candlesticks, in the
form of negroes.
" To his Royal Iliginiefs the Duke of Kent, a
dock, in white marble, surmounted by a couchant
lion, with two bronze candlesticks.

" To his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumber-
land, two clocks, in bronze, one of them in the form
of an urn, and the other in the form of a globe.
" To his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex,
two clocks, in bronze, with couchant dogs.
" To his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge, a clock, in bronze, representing a basket of
flowers, and two gilt porcelain vases.
" To the Princess Augusta of England, a pair of
bracelets,having four rows of small pearls, and clasps
set round with brilliants, and with some of the. hair
under a glass of her beloved parents. A souvenir
of gold, with portraits of the King and Queen of
England (George the Third, and his wife). A por-
trait of the Princess Elizabeth, painted by Ethridge.
A ring, containing a watch set with brilliants. A
head-band of pearls, studded with eleven cross rows
of brilliants.

" To her Royal Highness the Princess Elizabeth,
one round medallion set with 31 brilliants.

" Two cups of gilt Fillagree.
" A standish of silver Fillagree.
64 A square pin set with brilliants, containing the
hear of the late Princess Amelia.

" The portlait-bust of his late Majesty George
the Third, in oil, by Gainsborough. •
" A small half portrait of her late Majesty
Queen Charlotte.

" A large flower-piece, in oil, by Baptisto.
" A large flower-piece, in oil, by Vanhusen.
" And a necklace and ear-rings set with a large
chrysophases, surrounded with brilliants.
" To her Royal Highness the Princess Mary—a
medallion with nine rosettes, containing some of the
hair of the late Princess Amelia.

" A pair of bracelets with rosette clasps, contain-
ing the hair of their late Royal Highnesses the Duke
and Duehess of York.

" A:girdle of three rows of pearls, with thirteen
brilliants; 4-1(1 an oval clasp set with brilliants, con-
taining some of the hair of her mother, the late
Queen.

" To her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia—
two medallions in gold, with the portraits of the
Princesses Augusta and Elizabeth.
" A similar medallion with the portrait of the
King of England, her father ; and a pair of earrings,
with pearl drops mounted in brilliants."
Her Majesty recommends the persons attached to
her household to the favour and protection of the
King of Wirtemberg, hoping, that in considera-
tion of the circumstance of her Majesty having dis-
posed of the mass of her property to the house of
Wirtemburgh, that his Majesty will be pleased to
comply with her wish, by suitably providing for her
servants.