The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-15 00:00:00

THE CITY REMEMBRANCER,

Yesterday, at 2 o'cloclz, a special Court of Common Coun-
cil was held at Guildhall, the Lord Mayor presiding, to
elect a Remembrancer for the City of London, in the place
of Mr. Edward Tyrrell, who resigned the office, which is
one of great antiquity, in the summer of last year, in consi-
deration of declining health and advanced age, after a ser-
vice in the corporation extending over half a century. Great
interest was taken in the ceremony by the members of the
corporation, the office being one of considerable emolument,
and there being as many as 11 candidates. By a recent vote
of the Common Council the salary, which until now has
fluctuated in amount, and which of late years had averaged
£2,003, was fixed at £1,500 a year, with an annual allow-
ance of £4OO besides for office expenses.
The candidates, stating their names in alphabetical order,
were Mr. Brandon Woodthorpe, of Mill-hill, Barnes-com-
mon, barrister, and Registrar of the Lord Mayor's Court—
' Mr. Henry Edwards Brown, of 8, Parliament-street,West-
minster, Parliamentary agent and solicitor—Mr. William
Corrie, 20, Leicester-square, barrister, and magistrate at
Bow-street police-court—Mr. James Crosby, 3, Church-
court, Old Jewry, solicitor—Mr. George Colwell Oke,
Queen's-road, Peckham, assistant-clerk to the Lord Mayor
—Mr. James Pearse Peachey, 3, New-square, Lincoln's-
inn, barrister—Mr. Henry Thomas Riley, M.A., 31, St.
Peter's-square, Hammersmith, barrister—Mr. Samuel
Spofforth, 12, Great George-street, Westminster, Parlia-
mentary agent and solicitor—Mr. Edward Walmisley, 26,
Abingdon-street, Westminster, Parliamentary agent and
solicitor—Mr. John R. L. Walmisley, 5, Victoria-street,
Westminster, Parliamentary agent and solicitor—and Mr.
John Samuel Wilde, 10, Sergeant's inn, Fleet-street, bar-
rister and Parliamentary draughtsman and conveyancer.
On the motion of Mr. H. L. TAYLOR, seconded by Mr.
KEARNS, the Court first reduced the 11 candidates to four
by poll, then from four to two, and afterwards decided the
election by a third poll, which, in pursuance of a standing
order, was kept open one hour. By the first poll seven
of the candidates were eliminated—namely, Mr. Brown,
Mr. Oke, Mr. Peachey, Mr. Riley, Mr. Spofforth, Mr.
Edward Walmisley, and Mr. John Walmisley, and the
field of choice was narrowed to Mr. Corrie, who had 127
votes—Mr. Brandon, 111—Mr. Crosby, 84—and Mr. Wilde,
60. The second operation resulted in Mr. Crosby and Mr.
Wilde being struck off. The oontest finally lay between
Mr. Corrie and Mr. Brandon, who by the second poll had
respectively 103 and 64 votes.
At the close of the poll the Lord Mayor stated that 100
votes had been recorded for Mr. Corrie, and 57 for Mr.
Brand On. He therefore declared the election to have fallen
upon Mr. Corrie.
The successful candidate did not enter into the competi-
tion until the eleventh hour. The Aldermen almost to a
man voted for him, as did the great majority of the Common
Council, and the result of the election appeared to give
general satisfaction to the members of the Court. It may
be mentioned as a coincidence that Mr. Corrie polled pre-
cisely the same number of votes (100) when a few years ago
he was a candidate for the office of Judge of the Sheriffs'
Court of the Corporation, and was defeated by a majority of
one. Mr. Corrie was originally educated as a solicitor, but
afterwards studied for the Bar, to which he was called by
the Inner Temple in June, 1836. He practised for some
years before committees of the Houses of Lords and Com-
mons, in the Common Law Courts, and in patent cases in
the Court of Chancery. He was at one time Judge of the
now defunct Palace Court, in respect of which office, on the
abolition of the court, he was allowed a pension until he
became a police magistrate, when he was obliged to re-
linquish it in consequence of holding an office under the
Crown. Of late years he has been chiefly known as one of
the stipendiary magistrates at the Bow-street Police-court.

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