The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-10-24 00:00:00

CORN EXCHANGE. OCTOBER 20.

The weather has continued, since our last, fine and dry, but
extremely cold for the season, with some frost at nights, and
being accompanied by north-easterly winds, we are without a
single fresh arrival from the United States or Canada, and have
but a scanty import of anything from other parts atroadl the
supply at the same time coastwise and from Ireland, is also
upon the whole trivial.

Duties on a'l foreign produce remain unchanged, but will
doubtless advance a step on Wheat next week.

Owing to the non-arrival of the New York mail of the 3rd
instant, at Boston, in time for the steamer, the accounts from
the former place are but meagre: in Wheat and Flour little
change was noted.: Indian Corn was dearer, and with higher
freights and insurances, costs above our quotations laid down
here.

We have no material alternation to notice in the value or
demand for any article of the trade, during the past two days,
except Indian Corn, which has been taken freely for Ireland at
an improvement of Is. to Is. 6d. on the late currency, the ex-
port thither, since Monday last, being upwards of 10,000 qrs.
Upon an average number of home and country buyers at
this day's market, the Wheat trade assumed a rather firmer
tone, and although we are hardly warranted in quoting any
decided advance in the general runs of British or foreign,
superior qualities of old were the turn dearer; and Irish new
Wheats, being scarce, realised Id. to 2d. per 701 b. over Tues-
day's rates, at which sales, though not lively, were effected of
each description to a moderate extent. Home-made and Irish
Flour, haling been taken sparingly, merely sustained, and or-
dinary kinds of States and Canadian barely supported, late
prices ; prime brands, however, of which very few parcels
remain here, were held 6d. to Is. per barrel above our quota-
tions.

Of malting Barley we are still without supplies, and in
grinding qualities no change was apparent. Malt was held
to-day on higher terms, not yet obtainable. The general runs
of Beans remained steady, and Egyptians were 6d. per quarter
dearer, with rather more inquiry. Pease in somewhat more
demand at former prices. Oats, of which we have but a limited
supply at band, were saleable at our last currency ; and Oat-
meal improved 3d. per load.
Indian Corn, being disposed of less freely this morning than
yesterday, was rather easier to purchase, and settled at the
close of business Is. per quarter above the current rates of
Tuesday; Corn Meal remaining stationary.

LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET—YESTERDAY.=
We have had a large sui ply of all kinds of stock at our mar-
ket to-day, the greatest part of second-rate and inferior qua-
lity. The whole met with dull sale, at a decline in price from
our last statement. Beef, 4d. to sd. per lb.; Mutton, sd. to
63d. per lb.

LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE
MARKET, OCTOBER 21, 1848.
S. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Hay. old, 20/b 0 8@ 0 94 Potatoes, * 901t>.
New
Clover
Ditto, green
Vetches 0 0 0 0 Cattle OlO 1 1
Straw, Wheat .. 0 3i— 0 4 Turnips, * ton 22 0 23 6
Oat 0 31— 0 4 Manglewurzel ..21 0— 0 0
Barley