We see with satisfaction that the Common Council of the
City of London is anxious to retrieve its reputation, and has elected for its " Remembrancer" a barrister of very different calibre from its last choice. There were eighteen candidates, of whom, how- ever, many retired before the voting began ; and by the first vote the candidates were reduced to six. Ultimately, the choice of the Common Council fell on Mr. C. H. Roberts, barrister, Fellow of All Souls' College, who served as a midshipman throughout the Crimean war, and who has since been known for the ability of his schemes for Oxford, and especially for All Souls', reform. Mr. Robarts's testimonials, which were of a very remarkable kind, must really have had their effect on the Common Council,—a fact very creditable to them. The Remembrancer is the officer who advises the Corporation on those legislative mea- sures submitted to Parliament which are likely to affect the City, and no doubt it is of real importance to the Corporation that this officer should not be a goose. Still, they might have secured themselves well enough against a goose, without electing a man of nearly so high a calibre as their new Remembrancer.
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