, 1879-07-20
NAP0LEONIC Wills
Can the Empress Eugente PAY thu No.
Devised By Her Sonf
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Devised By Her Sone
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Young Napoleon left holograpb will u,-
at Camden Place. Chlselhurst tho os,h qons
ruarv. 1874 - mt 01 attes,.a he eus @o'n Of Feb
h..- t -. s" ~ any witnesses,
a"t' A4oo. t''e al7s "ofo 70 tne last, 10 biz own
handwriting. According to the law Of Eno1,.s
(the Wills act, Victoria, Chap. 26. viii t mnst
be .1eeatea in presence of two witnesses, 1a', rsa
see The testatoF sign it, or at least ackuovi.dr. %
II ana are ootn present at the time. ACCORDING
to the Scotch law and practice, holopranh ~;
THAT is, wholly written as ven o. -, "W
by the testator> 1oes not reon;rs ,t.1a e'Rnea
naaL. :, or.xa+;.-o W. .s4N, "!taesaes to
1u4>e ~ ope.At4'e' "uen 1als Will Il brought
executed, the recording officer NAV dec1ar. w..
not being signed by witnesses, it Il not 1.aa?
document In such case the Empress Euprsiss
as next of 6D, will probably take ont e,r;.sss
letters Of administration, as she Womb dse hsse
done bad there been no will. ProhahI~ 41!a ttn
she will endeavor to carry out, by ali m:ans s,
her power, the testamentary wishes of ~ ~ -
deceased son. The question may arise: "Wh.s h.s
is her pecuniary ability to do this2', "A.s
The general belief is that the E1nrr,.
Euge1ie, during her nina years. residence n
England, has not been in q condition Of n.c,
mary prosperity. Her husband and herse9f
neglected, whilst on the throne to make inv
prudential provision for the - rainy day J, wbioh
generally comes to mortals once at least In ths,r
course OF life They appear to have been si1
unconscious of any 1uture shadow to dnll tha
brightness of their exalted lot. They acted ~
its downward course. In Martins Statesmsn,s
Yearbook for 187O-the year when tle Emnirs
was shastered-we find sem-ofacial stats.
ment. which bad regularly appeared
year after year in previous vat.
umes. It. .runa thus: ''Napoleon iii.
hos Hfy1 1rf I'M o%h
in Europe. Besides fixed annual revenue n
q, ,0OO, 600 francs, or 91,000,O00 sterling. h1a
Imperial Majesty has tine iucome OF the CrovT
do1nalns, amounting to about II, 0o0 900 iraucs.
-e4S0, ,Q01 and the tree possession OF number
Of palaces parks, forests, and mansions, kept
mains include q considerable portion Of tha
estates OF the Orleans family, confscated bT
Imperial decree Of Jan. -, 1859. 1t is calcn.
lated that the total revenue OF Napoleon III.
reaches the sum OF 2,000, 900 francs, or El6a-
surpassed of late by the annual expenditure
The debts on the Imperial civil list ara staten
to amount to above 1W1uO, 900 francs, or Il.
O0o, ,0o0-"
With an income OF IS, 400 600 year and frea
Napoleon III. also contrived to run into debt to
the amount Of SIC, COX, COO, and when ne fonhd
az asYlum Id England was understood TO haya
only the rental Of his wife's Spanish estates "a
live upon. she also had some propestyIn Paria.
chiefly consisting Of handsome mansions in tha
that citY, but these had TO be sold under in:
eYitabe legal process, at tho suit OF tns
.ravlup creditors VINO ouehk to bave hoen
oa1d out OF the civil list. Yet here. in
ne Prince ImoeriaI's will. are leeacies tn the
amount of 9X. .O01 francs in ha1d
ash fthis is SlYAO)o), and also Wr-peneons nf
s3O O0O year to i've other tegatees. Ulher be.
,ra.ta snaraoaa1 souvenirs cf mora int.rss,