The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-12-30 00:00:00

TINE LA QUEEN.

Mr. Ranting was apprZied by command of the
Prince Regent to value the private property, which is
to be equally divided between the Prince►. Augusta,
the Princess of Hesse Hombourg, the Doelies* of
Gloucester, and the Princess Sophia. The vain.
ation of the property at the Queen's Palace, Wind-
sor Palace, and Frogruore House, is tiesrly corn-
pleterl. On Monday Lord Arden and General
Taylor, the. Executors to the late Qleen't will, at-
tended at the Queen's Palace, to proceed with
tl!e arrangements, as directed by the will, the
cliam!ier of her Isle Majesty, which had been
seal, 11 nuon her delouse, was opened. At two
0'c1...•k Mr. Serjerin Vaughan and Mr. Hart, the
late Queen's Attorney and Solicitor-General, at-
telitited the Executors at the Queen's Palace,
lit he necessary legal arrangements for the
I:Nei:Wins 50 set upon and prove the will. Yes-
terday the Executors attended at the King's Mews,
Charingeerress, to view the carriages and horses of
the late Queen, previous to their bring sold. The
Royal AMP, except the supporteis, are obliterated
from the carriages with paint the colour of the
riautiels. Yesterday morning five of the horses were
shot on account of their age, being between 30
anti 40 years, to prevent their falling to the work of
&c.

The jewels of the late Queen were removed from
the B•+uk of England to be inspected by the Exe-
cutors, and valued by Mr. Bridge.

As Mr. 11ROADHURST, bricklayer, and several of
his men were sinking • well in Hight-street, Poplar,
col Nlmitlay, the earth gave way, and buried them.
The report of the accident soon spread about the
place, mid in a short time several thousands of per-
POll9 collected round the spot, and the labourers
commenced digging after the bodies, and continued
so until yesterday, when on getting near the pliee
where the unfortunate persons were buried, sow-
thered groans were distinctly heard. They were
all extricated, after hosing been under ground for
neatly 24 hours. Only one man perished. He was,
to Mr. Ileoanstuast, olive about two
kilts before he was taken out. The rest escaped
wall oily some severe bruises.
!ILE OF WIGH r, DECEMBER 26.—0 n Wednes-
day night the preventive Custom-house bout station-
ed at Athertield, commanded by Mr. JAMES MA-
JOR, being on the lonk•out near St. Catherine's
Point, ut the back of the Isle of %%right, seized a
large log-.ail boat belonging to St. Ilelen's, called
the Fanny, laden with 160 casks of prohibited spi-
rits, and f .ur Isle of ‘Night smugglers on board,
v:z. Snniuel Saunders, James Nimmons, James
Barbour, and William Russell, all of which, mid
the oleo, they conveyed to the Custom-house,
(;owes; but the Itrysent regulations directing that
el,:nitts made by Custom-house boats shall be de-
livered to the Excise for prosecution, the seizures
bad to travel live miles further, to find out the pro-
per Excise-officer for the custody of the goods.
This seizure will turn out a good Christmas-box
for the Custom-house Officers, as capturing the
Lout, men, and goods, gives them a claim to the
Crown's share ; which. with their own, will yield
them near 700/. for their activity.
Some months ago it was stated, that a young man,
named George Matthews, capitally convicted, had
been pridoited ; but this, it seems, was premature.
The pardon, however, has at length been obtained,
In consequence of a most laborious investigation en-
tered into by Mr. Alderman WOOD, the llon. Mr.
Bts st.r.r, and Mr. H•usteit, the solicitor, who
had been employed to carry nu the prosecution
agaiim the young man, and who afterwards per-
ceived that some strange and suspicions circuit).
:utices hung about the case. Matthews's petition to
the PRINCE REGENT, and the depositions tending
to establish his innocence, have beets successful in
ri rominending him as an object worthy of !top!
mercy.-_l Evening Paper.)
PII.I.ORY.—Cart morning William Key stood
in the iiilliov, in Covent-garden Market. A trust
roncourse of peri.oi.v had collected together on
the occasion. As soon as lie was placed in the appa-
ratus, rotten eggs, apples, mud, &e. were thrown at
!Om from all quarters. Long before the expire-
hull of the hour, he was so completely covered
that his person was scarcely discernible. Our.
!leaders will recollect that ass extraordinary charge
srs recently made at Itow-street against u yoinig
"luri of respectable connexions, named HENRY
OORE, by this William Key, who accused hula of
employed and furnished him with pistols to
murder Mr. SISEASS, propeietor of copper-mills at
Merton, and having a counting-house In Fleet-
mor krt. together with his whole family. CooKs, was
Air. SHBAU'II clerk. The Magistrates considered
the elitirge onfounded, end liberated Cone F., who
suesequeutly prosecuted Key, and who is now unlit r
sentence of transportation.