The Sun.
London, England, 1826-07-12 00:00:00

PRIVILEGES OF FREEIgEN OF LONDON

The Lord Mayor and Aldermen have; by- the Mouth
of the Recorder; delivered 'into the Vice-Chancellor'
Court the answer to the questions proposed in the Conti
of Aldermen, and discussed before - the Court by Mil
Shadwell and: Mi. Set:leant Spankie, about three month
age. The Recorder, upon the' occasion, went in'. robe,
different from those which he had been accustomed tq
wear under other circumstances, and stated, that be app
peared to' certify, ore 'Mawr, the customs' of the city of
London,' upon the question whether Sir Francis' Samuel
• Drake was, under the circuthstanees represented in the
Courtof Aldermen, according to the directions of the
Vice Chancellor's Court, a Freeman of London, within
the custom which entitled the widow to the customary
distribution of the estate of a Freeman dying intestate;
r and whether the settlement Made upon her marriage de-
barred her from Such ctistomary sharo.
The certifiCate:was as follows " We, the Lord Mayor
;n al Aldermen of the City of 1,,,ifi100, 'to ceray, that Sir
Francis Samuel Drake, Batt. ii, i iatestaie in the plead-
ings iii thr enufw mew ioni.,l irs tho annexed order, wife,
when a Rear-Adoiral of iii Rcil in the Royal Navy, wits,
in Consequence of Lord Rodney 's victory in the Won;
[tulles, With other facers under Lord Rodney's command,
primented with the Frtuqlont of the City of tondan, pot-
!maid to a vote of a Court of ,Conamon Council cif ilit
aicid City of London, which passed:for that 'wpm! on
the 20th of June, 1782 ; and who, on, the sth ..day of
August, 1784, was made a LiVeryman.of .the COMpinty
of Grocers in the said City of London, and sworn' in,
and took the several oaths which are required to be
taken by all persons who become 'free of the said City,
and who was not free of the said City' by birth, or by
ervitude, or by purchase, or otherWirie than aforesaid,
and died so free as aforeaid, on the 18th day of Novem-
ber,l7B9, intestate, anti without issue, leaving his widow
him surviving; was at ~the time of his death a freeman
of the city of London, in the sense, meaning, and opera-
tmn of the custom of, the said city, relating to the distri-
bution of the effects of ' freemen -who die intestate ; and
we further certify in thornier by the mouth of the
Recorder,that there is not ithy custom of the city of Lon-
dour by virtue Vaillieof the Widow baying the benefit and
provisions of the aottheiiient in die pleii.dings in the said
cause stated, is defairred front her custornary share of the
intestates personal estate"

The (Wove of the Vice-Chencellor will consequently
be in favour of the claim of Mr. Serjeant Onslow' the
husband of the widow 'oldie intestate. The LeanietLSer
jeant will be entitled to that -customary part which will
exceed the . distribution under the statute. By having
married the widow of a freeman, he gains, it is said, in
this respect,
yonsiderable property. The widow of u free-
Marl, nseoureo does not lose her claim by her marring.
with a non-freeman.

It wan to have been hoped that when the sth July
had passed over, Our manufacturers, instead of gividg
would, have manfully put
themselveH up to- despair,
their shoulders to the wheel, in order to counteract
the facilities given to foreigners by the newly adopted
theaaurea. ft seems to be supposed, however, in some
quarters, that they have'given up the cause as hope.
less, as large quantities of machinery have been sent
to different places, and particularly -to Scotland, within
the last Ailei3k. It is a lamentable feet, that want of
employment every day becomes more general, and we
hear that in one instance where men are now almost
fully employed, it is the intention to put them upon
- half titn next week.—Alaccleyicid Herald.