The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-08-22 00:00:00

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CORN EXCHANGE, AUGUST 18.
Although in some parts of the country th s w, ek, the weather
is reported to have been unsettled, accounts from other districis
speak of it more favourably. In this locality it has been varia-
ble, gloomy, with but few bright ntervals,and not exempt from
occasional showers : in the course of yesterday, however, we
had heavy rain for several hours, which, combi .ed with the
uncertain state of harvest, gave a strong impulse to speculative
buyers, and Wheat, Indian Corn, and Egyptian Beans were
taken rather eagerly and at higher pric s for investment ; con-
sumers, at the same tt.4e, not being equally active, and the
afternoon becoming tine, the demand subsided. Prevented by
easterly winds during the greater part of the week, we have
scarcely any arrivals of Grain to report, beyond 2835 (planers
of Wheat from abroad ; and the stocks, generally, in the gra-
naries of this place being comparatively light, a Ihnitedd splay
only of samples were exhibited at our Corn Exchange to-day ;
but although the market was tolerably well attended by Eng-
lish, and several Irish buyers appeared, the great improvement
in the weather this morning, gave a decided check to further
extensive operations for the moment: in free Wheats, how-
ever, sales upon a moderate scale were effected at an advance
of 2d., and those in bond were 3d. per 701 b. dearer, several
parcels of which were bought for Ireland.—lrish and American
Flour, though not in lively request, realised Is. per sack and Is.
per barrel over Tuesday's rates.—Barley, being more saleable,
was held on rather higher terms ; and Malt steadily maintained
late prices.—Beans and Pease, meeting a fair demand, improved.
Is. per quarter each.—Oats c ,mmanded Id. per 451 b., and; Oat-
meal Cd. per los I above our last quotations, at which, both
attracted a tolerable share of attention.—The demand for Indian
Corn for consumption, having materially abated, the ransac-
tions in this article to-day were p incipally limited to specula
tive purchasers, who bought much less freely than yesterday,
at 3s. per quarter over the annexed currency.—lndian Meal in
fair request at an advance of Is. per barrel —Duties on Foreign
Wheat is reduced to Se. per quarter ; and on Flour to 4s. 9d.
per barrel.

LEEDS FORTNIGHT CATTLE FAIR, Auo. 16.
We have had only a short supply of Beasts at market to-day,
and, as a whole, the quality was middling. The attendance of
buyers was not large, and prices had a downward tendency,
there being only a few that realised Is. ; many were sold at 6s.
9d., and as low as 6s. per st. of Nibs. At the close of the mar-
ket a few remained unsold. There was an average supply of
Sheep and Lambs, which were of good quality; the trade was
slow and a few left on hand. Prices, 52d. to 6d. per lb.;
Beasts, 380 ; Sheep, 3200.