The Sun. — 1851-09-30 (London, England)

COMMERCIAL NE WS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 500 American were taken fur export and 500 on speculation. The sales include 200 Pernam and Maranham, at 50. to 61d ; 150 Bahia, at 6d. to 6,} ; 300 Egyptian, at 50. to 60. ; 500 Surat, at 21d. to eid. ; and 100 Sea Island, at 100. to ls. 6d. per lb. The market was quiet, but steady.—ln Railway Shares a fair business was done, and better prices were obtained for stock. There is a general concurrence of favourable news from the agricultural districts. The harvest is secured in most of the northern districts of England, and will, in a few days, probably, be safe likewise in the north of Scotland. The Banker's Magazine for October states :—" In some districts the crops are, doubtless, above an average ; in others they will prove scanty. Over the whole island, however, the grain has been secured in first-rate condition. There has, indeed, very rarely been a finer or more seasonable September. In Ireland the grain harvest has also been successful. The potato disease has certainly committed some ravages, both there and in England and Scotland, but hitherto it does not appear that the mischief from that cause will be of serious extent. On the Continent we are led to believe that while the crops are, on the whole, of fair bulk and quality, yet the harvest has not been attended with circumstances so favourable as in this country. In America there is, confessedly, great abundance. The general conclusion at present, therefore, leads us to expect a future average of corn prices, perhaps a trifle lower than those of last year." Great interest attaches to the probable tone of feeling in the next session of the United States Congress, and the opinion seems to be that it will prove strongly democratic, which means free trading. The reciprocity Bill with the British North American provinces will, under such circumstances, have a good chance of being carried before the ensuing spring. An American journalist informs us upon this point, that— " In the House of Representatives, at th© last Congress, so nearly balanced were the two great parties, that leas than half-a-dozen free soilers held the balance of power, and prevented the election of a Speaker until it was resolved that a plurality should be sufficient for a choice. The Whigs, however, had a nominal majority of some two or three. In the ensuing Congress, as far as the elections have gone, one hundred and ninety-four of the two hundred and thirty members have been elected. The number elected, including free soilers, stands divided 112 Democrats to 82 Whigs. • a • • • " With regard to the tariff, it is difficult to conjecture upon what theory the advocates of protection can count upon the slightest relief from the House of Representatives. Pennsylvania may be secured without it, or she may be spared. There is but little hope of specifics or minimums, or of protection for the sake of protection,' in a House with a democratic majority ranging from twenty to thirty." A very melancholy occurrence has caused a good deal of excitement this morning in the Stock Exchange. A member of the house, Mr. Ingle Rudge, has committed suicide by means of Prussic acid, and accomplished this in the private room of another broker. It appears that upon the person of the unfortunate man were found a small pistol, loaded up to the muzzle, and a peculiarly shaped knife or dagger, showing his determined purpose. The losses or differences upon the account aro understood to be very small, according to some versions only 2001., and they aro said to have arisen upon Mexican bonds and shares. -The following letter has been received from Mr. Weisweiller, of Madrid, who forwarded the London memorial to Senor Bravo Murillo, praying that the whole of the coupons might be provided for: (