The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-30 00:00:00

Liverpool Cotton Market.—This Day.

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The market opens very quietly. Sales probably
6,000 or 8,000 bales.

Overend, Gurney. and Co. (Limited.)

VICE-CHANCELLOR KINDERLEY'S CHAMBERS,
(This DAY.) _ _

This was a summons taken out at the instance of Messrs.
Cowdell and Grundy, praying that the name of Mr. Thos.
Rust might be substituted for that of Mr. Thomas Walleras
a contributor, on the ground that the 25 shares were trans-
ferred to Rust befoio the presentation of the petition in
Chancery.

It appeared that the shares were bona fine transferred,
but not registered, and therefore the liquidators objected
to the removal of the name from the list.

The matter was not gone into to-day in consequence o.
some informality in the service of the'summons.

SALE OF THE STUD OF THE MARQUIS

OF HASTINGS.

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The Messrs. Tattersall offered the above stud, consisting
of 21 lots, for sale yesterday, at their establishment at
Albert-gate, when 17 lots were disposed of, and four, for
which there were no purchasers, were bought in. Amongst
the latter were Uncas, a colt engaged in the Derby, bought
in for 950 guineas;- Ines, winner of the Nursery at York,
for 700 guineas; and Mrs. Stratton for 250 guineas. Mr.
H. Wilkinson's pair were not sold, and only two of Sir J.
Hawley's found customers. The prices obtained for each
lot are set forth below:—

Horses in Training (under Lord Exeter's conditions as to
Engagements), the property of the Marquis of Hastings.
Gs.

Jane Shore, 5 yrs, by Horn of Chase—Jane Eyre, by
Birdeatcher (Mr. Hill) ... 105
Lupa,, 2 yrs, by Romulus--Jocose (Mr. Clarke) 21
Ackworth, 5 yrs, by Fazzoletto—Consternation, by
Alarm (Mr. T. Hughes) 800
Duchess, 2 yrs, by St. Albans—Bay Celia, by Orlando
(Mr. Haynes) 263
Master of Arts, 2 yrs, by Oxford—Egyptian, by Touch-
stone (Mr. Barry) ... 23
Empress, 2 yrs, by St. Albans—Eulogy, by Euclid (Mr.

Oldaine) • 33
Tumbler, 2 yrs, by Commotion or Defender—Golconda
(Pantaloon's dam) (Lord Vivian) ... 55
Romney, 2 yrs, by Romulus—Anne Page, by Touch-
stone (Mr. Kellow) ... 50
Captain, 2 yrs, by Commotion—Polly Peachum, by
Collingwood (Mr. Reeves) 20
Whirligig, 2 yrs, by St. Albans—Maypole, by Sweet-
meat (Mr. E. Brayley)... 260
King Hal, 3 yrs, by King Tom—Contadina, by New-
minster (Mr. Le Terrier) ... 360
Repulse, 3 yrs, by Stockwell—Sortie, by Melbourne
(Mr. J. Jackson)... 310
Attache, 5 yrs, by Saunterer—La Victim°, by Flat-
catcher (Mr. Le Terrier) 250
Sweet Anne, 3 yrs, by Knight of Kars—Anne Page,
by Touchstone (Mr. Hawkesley) 200
Blue Riband, 3 yrs, by Fazzoletto—Ornament, by

Weatherbit (Baron Schatzler) ' 80
Kangaroo, 4 yrs, by Robbie Noble—Yarra Yarra, by
Cowl (Mr. IL Coventry) 860
Prodigal, 2 yrs, by Stockwell—Strayaway (Mr. Regi-

nald Herbert) ... ... 390
Humdrum, a chestnut yearling filly by Rataplan.—
Teacher (Mr. E. Brayley) ~. ... 115
The Property of a Gentleman.
Caloyer, 3 yrs, a black gelding by Beadsman—Lan-
guish (Mr. Harrison) 21

Brood Mare.

Harrilan, by Kirgston—Hag, served by Asteroid
(Capt. Upton) .. 130

A BAD FASHION REVIVED.--Duelling, which
everybody thOught was on its decline, has had a
sudden revival in France. The journalists of the capital
have been exchanging cartels right and left, and now a
fatal encounter has taken place between two civilians.
Some of the inhabitants of a quiet street near the Porto
Maillot, Bois de Boulogne, hearing a noise in the night,
looked out of window and saw a knot of men in fashion-
able evening dress, surrounding two of their companions,
who were lunging at each other with rapiers. One of the
combatants fell and the rest quietly fled. The dead body
has proved to be that of M. Seguin, the son of a banker,
sad a well-known man about town ; and the dispute which
resulted in the meeting seems to have been occasioned by
high words passed at a card party. The affair is still
wrapped in mystery,- and the police have been unable to
find out who was the unfortunate man's antagonist.
THE EARTH'S RISK:FROM COMETS.—.A correspon-
dent of the Athenaum writes to that journal as follows:
" Mr. Garbett has favoured in your number for the
6th of this month with certain calculations respecting
the number of times during a million of years that
we may expect the earth to be struck by a comet,
judging from recorded facts. Admit for argument's
sake his estimate of 593 cometary visit; or 1,186
passages through the sphere raised upon the earth's
orbit, during a century, and that it would require
2308 ht 1186 such average passages fairly to hit, or have a
chance of hitting, every part of such sphere. The circum-
ference of the earth's orbit (a great circle of such sphere)
would be 72,250 earth-diameters, and taking the average
of the holes made as 31i earth-diameters long, it would re-
quire at the very least 2,294 such passages to hit, or have
a chance of hitting, every part of such orbit. Such
being the case, are not the chances that only once
in such 2,294 passages would the earth happen to be where
the comet came ? Unless Mr. Garbett can negative this
view, does it not follow that we must alter this result from
4 hits of the earth by a comet during a million of years,
or one in 250,000 years, by multiplying the figure last
given by 2294 ? The result will be the somewhat less
critical situation for the stability of our special cosmical
institution of one hit by a comet per 574 millions of years;
and then :—Why, the chances are we may not have been
hit yet.

THE RECENT ACCIDENT ON MONT BL ANC.-
Letters from Chamounix state that the search for the
bodies of the two remaining victims of the late accident at
Mont Blanc had remained unsuccessful up to the 18th.
On that day the searching party were nearly buried by
another avalanche. On the 23d, however, they discovered
the corpse of the porter Tournier, and now hope to re-
cover that of Captain Arkwright.

THE IRONWORKS UNION.—We learn by tele-
graph from Wolverhampton that at the conference of iron-
workers yesterday it was resolved that henceforth there
shall be only one union, one executive, and one code of
rules for England, Scotland, and Wales.

A singular panic occurred on Sunday evening on
the Versailles railway to a special train heavily laden
with visitors from the La Marche steeplechases.
Shortly after crossing the river at Asnieres the
engine and carriages came to a standstill, and, a
sudden terror seizing on the passengers, a rush was
made to the doors, and in a moment the whole of
the passengers scrambled on the line, some jumping
from their seats on the roof iu their haste to alight,
no one, however, knowing of any cause for alarm.
Fortunately no other train passed at the time;
and, the guard having re-assured the passengers
as to the cause of the stoppage, they resumed
their seats laughing, but half ashamed of their
foolish fear.