The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-19 00:00:00

THE EARLi CLOSING MOVEMENT.

Mr. Alfred le Measurer, of Ludgate-hill, has
addressed the following very sensible letter to the
Editor of the Times :

Lords Grosvenor and Elcho are pressing on us
London shopkeepers the propriety of closing our
shops at two p.m. on Saturdays, in order that our
young men may have more time•t.o devote to
A shopkeeper's time is his money. These noble
lords are, therefore, pressing us London shop- .
keepers to contribute more largely than we have
hitherto done to the Volunteer movement, They
are going to convoke a public meeting early in
June for the furtherance of their object.
Now, sir, I entirely deprecate pressure of this
kind being thus unfairly imposed on any particular
class of her Majesty's subjects. •
What would Lords Elcho and Grosvenor think
or say if I, a first-class haberdasher, were to give,
notice of a public meeting for the purpose of invit-
ing the nobility and gentry of London to abandon
all Saturday drives, dinner parties, and routs, in
order that their cooks and footmen might be massed
into and manoeuvred as rifle corps, while their
grooms and coachmen, mounted on their saddle
and carriage horses, protected their flanks with a
volunteer cavalry such as no other capital. city in
the world could turn out ?

How aptly would Lord Elcho's eloquent and
touching words, " that it would be of the utmost
ithportance to the moral and physical wellbeing of
the young men engaged in these menial occupa-
tions that they should be enabled to avail them-
selves of opportunities of healthy exercise alike in-
vigorating to mind and body," apply to these over-
fed men and horses ! What an astonishing giantry
Belgravia and St. James's alone could contribute,
and that at a far less sacrifice to individuals than
what is now claimed from us! Let the noble lords
who are asking so much of the shopkeeping class
tell us why a little more should not be required
from themselves, and I have no doubt, if their an-
swer be satisfactory, that their projected public
meeting will have a great success.
I trust to your impartiality to afford to these
brief olmervations of mine the same advantages of
type and position which you have conceded to the
letters of Lords Elcho and Grosvenor.

IRE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

The present position of the Presidential question
n the United States is thus estimated in the New
erlz Herald:—

" The indications are now pretty strong that
there will be four candidates in the field for the
Presidential succession, representing the Northern,
or Squatter Sovereignty, Democracy; the Southern,
or Slavery Protection, Democracy ; the National
Union party ; and the Black Republican organisa-
tion ; in which event the election may be carried to
the House of Representatives, under the Constitu-
tion, by neither of the candidates being able to ob-
tain a majority of all the votes which will be cast
by the Electoral College. The whole number of
electors, including Kansas, will be 306, and, to se-
cure an election, one of the candidates must receive

154 votes, without which the three highest must
go to the house, where the vote will be taken
by States, each State having but one vote. The
political complexion of the house, including Kansas,
which, if admitted at the present session, will have
her representative there in time to vote in Decem-
ber, will be as follows :
Republican
Democratic
Divided
The three States which are divided are Maryland,
Kentucky, and North Carolina, the delegations from
which are composed of an equal number of Demo-
crats and National Unionists. They would thus be
unable to cast their votes in the election of a Presi-
dent. This depreciation, however, would not add
to the chances of the election of a Republican, be-
cause the Constitution does not say that a President
may be chosen in receiving a majority of the States
voting, but to securing an election the candidates
must obtain a majority of all the States represented,
and a majority, with the addition of Kansas, would
require 18. It appears very plain that, under the
existing state of political divisions in the house,
that body will not be able to agree upon a candi-
date before the 4th of March, 1861, when the pre-
sent Congress ceases to exist. If the Electoral Col-
lege cannot elect a President, it will, of course, be
unable to choose a Vice-President, and the duty of
selecting that officer will devolve upon the Senate.
Differing a little in the number of the Presidential
candidates which go before the house, the Constitu-
tion allows but two candidates for the vice-presi-
dency to go to the Senate, and these must be the
two who have received the highest number of votes
from the electors ; and also differing in the manner
of electing, it is provided that each senator shall
vote for himself, and a majority of all the votes cast
shall decide the election. When the 4th day of
March arrives, and no chief magistrate having been
chosen either by the electors or the House of Re-
presentatives, then the Vice-President shall act
as President, as in the case of the death or other
constitutional disability of the President.' "

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Mr. Henry Burnand, of Lloyd's, has been ap-
pointed superintendent of the underwriting department to
the Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance Company, at a
salary of £5,000 a year.
ACCIDENT AT MR. RAREY'S CIRCUS, AT Ox-
FORD.—Mr. Rarey paid a visit to Oxford on Thursday and
Friday. His spacious marquee was patronised by about PO
persons, including the Very Rev. the Dean of Christ Church
and Mrs. Liddell, the Rev. the Vice Chancellor and Mrs.
Jeune, the President of St. John's, the President of Corpus,
Dr. Rowden, the Mayor of Oxford and Mrs. Randall, Mr.
Sheriff Stevens, a large number of senior and junior mem-
berseoafr
Mr.o Cowper, thorougha
breederbred
of the University, and some of the leading inhabi-
tants of the city and neighbourhood. The first animal in-
troduced property of horses,a bout
at Farnborough-hill, near Banbury, and was described as
tlr4o d
hands,c ed
being of a mostvieious and savage nature. Onbeing brought
into the ring the animal seemed at first to be in a better
temper, and Mr Rarey commenced operations. Suddenly,
from some unexplainable cause, the animal dashed away
amongst the spectators, draming Mr. Rarey with him.
Three front rows of seats in the half-crown places were
broken, and upwards of thirty occupants were unseated.
Most of them, we are glad to say, were more frightened than
hurt. One lady was obliged to be taken home in a fly, and
three young men were also rather injured. Mr. Rarey
showed the most determined resistance to the animal, and
by his courage and strength succeeded in restraining it
from doing further mischief, and with the aid of his two
assistants the colt was secured. This is the first time that
Mr. Rarey has ever had an accident while operating on
vicious horses, although he has had to contend against
horses of double weight and strength. He admitted that
he had seldom met with a colt which showed so much de-
termination. The attendance on Friday was considerable,
and included his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales sand
suite, Dr. and Mrs. Liddell, Earl Brownlow, &c. The
operations were confined to a cob, and the breaking in of a
colt, which occupied an hour and a quarter. A. ery vici-
ous animal from Wheatley was in attendance, but Mr.
Rarey stated that under the ciroumatances of yest Ardey, be
would not operate until he had a stronger ham, :.