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London, England, 1801-08-29 00:00:00

ELECTOR OF COLOGM's WILL

FRANCRFORT, AUGUST iB.—The following is a
copy of the will of his Royal Highnefs the Etsc-
TOR of COLOGNE, which was opened on the aBth
of July :
In the Name of the Most Hoyt, TRINITY, the
FATHAII, Sow, and HOLY GHOST, Amen. We,
MAXIMILIAN FRANCIS, Archbifhop and Elator of
COLOGNE, Prince Royal of HUNGARY and BONI.
MIA, Archduke of AUSTRIA, Grand of the
Teutonic Otilcr, Prince &limp of Mumsrss, Btc.
Be it known 1.9 all Men, and particulsily thole

whom it concerns, that confide sing that all men,
are mortal, and that the hour at which the
LORD may be pleated to call us unto himielf is un-
certain, we have refolved the day, month, and year
hereafter defigned, while fill poffeffing frengtti
of body and mind, to exprefs here (according to
the faculty granted to us in the General Chapter
of the Teutonic Order held in 1769), our lair will,
and to regulate how our fucceffion !hall be difpof-
ed of after our death. We therefore declare
the prefent teftament to be our lad will, or what-
ever denomination may be given to it, that it
may be completely valid, and carried into due
execution. ill. When the moment arrives when,
according to the decrees of the Mosr HIGH, our
foul 1114 be feparated from the body, we com-
mit the former into the hands of our Saviour and
Redeemer, we confign our body to the earth from
which it was taken; but we particularly order that
it (hall be buried according to cullom, with as lit-
tle expence as poffible, in fuch of our countries,
Archbi(hopric or Bithopric, we than happen to
die. But in cafe our deceafe fhall take place at a
diftance from our countries, and if it (ball happen
in the Hereditary States of Aufria, we defire to
be interred as our brothers and fifers, in our family
vault in the Monafery of the lathers Capuchins
at Vienna, or otherwife in the neared burying
Place, without pomp, and with a plain Epitaph.
ad. In regard to the temporal fneceffion, as the
firft fundamental rule of a will is to eflablifh an
heir, we confitute and nose, in that quality, the
third fon of our dear brother the Archduke Esa-1
DINAND, viz. our nephew MAXIMILIAN, Archduke
of Aufria, to whom we gave our name on the
baptifmal fount, and who was admitted by us a
member of the Teutonic order, in the bailiwick of
Frinconia : we confitute him refiduary legatee
of all our temporal property in ready money, ca-
pitals by contra&, or otherwife, gold or filvtr plate,
jewels, and precious (tones, and all other objets be-
longing to us, jncluding what we have fucceffively
acquired in money from our treafury, and which
is our private property. All theft effeEts (hall be-
long to our refiduary legatee, the Archduke MAXI-
MILIAN, to enjoy it unconditionally, in fuch manner
that his entrance or non-entrance into the Teuto-
nic Order !hall in this refpeEt produce no change.
3d. We bequeath to each of our Chapters as fol-
lows, viz. To the fuperior Chapter of Cologne,
to the Teutonic Order, and the Chapter of Mun-
fer, all the fums found on the day of our deceafe
in the treafuries of the country, and in all others
belonging to the Order (Freudenthall included) as
well as the fumsnot yet received and to be received,
and in general every thing we have not yet levied,
and in fuch as manner that all thefe fums (hall re-
main to the refpedtive principalities, and in their
particular treafuries, without our refiduary lega-
tee having any right to fet up any claim to them;
and in order to prevent any fagnation in the pro-
grefs of public bufinefs, and of the ufual payments.
Here follow eight articles, which contain the
following difpofttions•—By the 4th, the Eleaorl
leaves to Cologne, Munfler, and Mergentheim,
the valuable articles left there.—By the gth, he
bequeathes toesooo florins the Chapter of Mun-
'ter, and the fame find to Cologne, and as much
to the Teutonic Order, for the purpofe of caufing
folemn fervice to be performed for him on the day
of his death.—By the 6th, he fettles an annual pen-
lion of t :co florins on his Valet de Chambre, as
Eleetor.—By the 7th, he recommends to his file-
ceffOr his other fervants.—The Bth, 9th, loth, and
xth articles, relate to the execution of his will.

His Royal Highnefs the Archduke CHARLIS,
as ExeCutor, is ordered to caufe a flatement of his
whole property to be made out ; and Prince
Max im i LIAM, the reflduary legatee, has arngned
this charge to M. Mar aR, Counfellor of the Court.

His Grace the Archbilhop of Cat/runway is
expe&ed to hold an Archiepifcnpal Vilitation at
Croydon, on the toth of next month. -

fall week Sir Ciimuss Dwass and Sir T. G.
Cvia.ust, were chofen Affißant Jullives fur the
Corporation of Bury St. Edmund's.
A parcel of French difpatehes, which poffibly
may prove ufeful to Government, has jufi been got
hold of in a very fingular manner. A man Ming
off Dartmouth, brought up a bundle, which prov-
ed to be what we have Rated. They had been
thrown overboard from a French frigate, while
engaged with an Englifh (hip. The man who
found them brought them to the Admiralty laf
night.
The Huntingdon Militia marched into Dover
from the tile of Wight on Wednefday: they con-
fill of only two companies, and are to be entirely
attached to the artillery, on which account they
are to be Rationed part in the Caßle, and the re-
mainder in Aichcliff Fort. In addition to this
reinforcement, the garrifon is compofed of the
following troops, viz. the Royal Artillery, two
companies,commanded by Major Hurt-ow; Royal
Engineers, a detachment, Colonel Twist ; t R Dra-
goons, one troop, Major %iv sum ; Royal North
Glouceller Militia, Colonel Kimoscore ; North.
himpton Militia, Colonel Bawer ; bade' de-'
tachments of the Waggon and Commiffary corps.
The whole forming a very adequate and efleaive
body, to repel the efforts of our enemies in cafe of
invalion in this quarter.—There are alto in that
town five very complete companies of volunteers,
which would be added to the other forces, &mild
there be any emergency requiring there allilance.