The Prince Imperial's will—dated on February 26th last, and written
at Chislehurst—has been published, and is a very harm- less document indeed. It chiefly consists of a number of kindly legacies and bequests. But in a sort of postscript, he adds that the duties of the House of Bonaparte towards France are not extinguished with his own life, and that on his death the task of continuing the work of Napoleon I. and of Napoleon III. devolves on the eldest son of Prince Napoleon ; and he hopes that his dearly loved mother, by seconding hint with all her power, will give to the Napoleons who are no more, this last and supreme proof of affection :—" Les devoirs de notre Maison envers le pays ne s'6teignent pas avec ma vie ; mot mort, la, tache de continuer Pcouvre de Napol6on I. et de Napol6on III. incombe an file-aind du Prince Napol6on ; et j'espere que ma more bien.aim6e, en le ascendant de tout son pouvoir, nous donnera 4 nous autres qui ne seront plus, Bette derni4re et in-Tram preuve d'affection." Of course, a hint of this kind,—and it is no more,—cannot supersede the head of a dynasty, as all the abler 13onapartists evidently feel. Even M. Paul de CatNagne,e, though he demands that Prince Jerome should declare himself, does not see his way to get rid of him without some sort of abdication, explicit or constructive.
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