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Will of the late King of Prussia.

--The will of William V. of Prussia, just dead, was written in 1854, before his mind became affected. The following is an extract from it:

‘ "If God the Lord decree that I terminate my terrestrial career peaceably in my country, and if, which I fervently entreat of Him on my knees, my tender and beloved Elise shall survive me, this paper is to be delivered to her immediately after any death. Whatever she shall change shall be executed as if that were written here; her order shall be mine.--Moreover, I wish one day to repose by her side, in the same tomb, as near to her as possible.

"As soon as my decease shall have been certified by the physicians, I wish my body to be washed and opened. My heart, deposited in a large heart formed of granite from the country of Marche, and placed at the entrance of the vault in the mausoleum of Charlottenburg (and consequently at the feet of my Royal parents,) shall be enclosed in the ground and covered by it."

’

The Daily Dispatch: January 31, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. January 31, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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