The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-07 00:00:00

THE TIMBER TL%DE.

Messrs. A. F. and D. Mackay, of Liverpool, in their ch.
cular for April, have the following remarks on the timber
trade:—Pine Timber—The sales of pine timber from Quebec
continue as at the date of our laut. The stock, now coned.
derably reduced, is still in the hands of the trade, and a
fair amount of consumptive demand is experienced. The
business, however, as is usual at this season, is confined
almost exclusively to transactions of a retail character.
Similar remarks are nearly equally applicable to St. John
pine, none of which has arrived since the date of our lard
circular, and the sales have been
.principally from the
yard, in retail quantities. Red pine continues to move
off slowly by moderate or rather small retail purchases.
Oak—Of this the sales have been moderate, and chiefly by
retail. Elm and Ash—The stocks, particularly that of
elm, are considerably in excess of last 'year. No public
sales are recorded. N.B. and N.S. Pine and Spruce Deals
Considerable sales of these favourite articles have taken
place since tho 9th sit., the date of our last circular. Of
the sales by auction of St. John dads, 11,863 pieces bright
spruce, ex 'Manumit., were offered for sale from the quay.
oil the 9th ult., in 26 lots, of which 23 were sold at from
8/. 16s. to 9/. h. averaging 8/. 19s. 4d. 4th quality,
81. ifs. On the Mrd, ex Empire of Peace, 16,147 pieces
were void from the yard at an average of 9/. 3s. 6d.
On the 30th ex Elba Young, from the quay, 7,402
pieces, inclesiinidi,sB9 broad, sold in lots at an average of
St. la. lid., ex ystone, from St. Stephens, 25,996 pieces
sold in 64 lots at from 81. 10a. to 91. 10a., averaging
91. la. 7d. per standard. Pine from St. John, on the 16th, ex
let quality, 1,222 pieces sold in lots at an average of
12/. Ha. 3d. ; 2nds, 2,698 pieces at an average of 91.188. 2d.;
3rda, 1,975 pieces at an average of 9/. 35., free of cartage to
railway. Boards from St. John, ex Great Northern, en
the 30th, 6,198 pieces of spruce, yielded an average of
91. 10s, per standard. From the preceding quotations it is
apparent that values have not deteriorated ; on the con.
trary, that the general usefulness which they are known to
possess, confers on pine and spruce deals a buoyancy in the
market, which few other articles can command.
Quebec deals have been sold at from 91. 10e. to
10/. 10a for thirds ; 121. to 12/. 2a. 6d. for
seconds ; 16/. to 17/. for finis per standard.
The stock is very much reduced in retantity. flardwaxl—
No ales are reported. The stock is small, and good fresh
wood would meet with a ready sale. Pitch Pine—Of this
a few sales have taken place from the quay and the yards,
but mostly on private terms. Greenheart—No sales are
reported. KI. Teak—A cargo just landed has been sold,
but the price will not transpire. Baltic Timber—The state
of business in this article remains the same as reported in
our last circular, no new feature having been introduced
since, nor has the spring import as yet begun to arrive.

SUGAR.—The average price of brown or Muscovado
anger, the produce of the British Possesslone in America,
for the week ending April 3, is 27a. 4d. per cwt., exclusive
of the duties of onotoms paid or payable thereon.—The
average price of brown or Muscovado sugar, the produce of
the Mauritius, computed as above, is 295. 91.—N0 return
has been made of the price of brown or Muscovado sugar the
produce of the East Indies, in the week ending as above.- -
—The average price of the two foregoing descriptions of
sugar, jointly, is 275. Ind.

CORY.—WATINYORD, APRIL 4. —Our stipplies of home.
grown grain continue on a moat limited scale, and of foreign
we have not had a single arrival since Saturday. The im•
provement noted in the trade on that day his been well
maintained, and prices of nearly all articles are in favour of
sellers, with a fair husinesa passing.

BOOKEINDING.—Good old bindings, be the book
ever so worthies', seem to be in demand at present.
Puttick and Simpson, at their sale of the private
library and stuck of books of Mr. John Clarke, the well- 0
known skilful bookbinder, realised high prices for two or
three specimens of ornamented leather. Amongst them
were • copy of Field's Bible, folio, 1659, in the original
richly tooled morocco cover, 25/. Apostolime Histories,
• fine specimen of old English binding, but slightly injured,
15/. 15s. Psalterium, • Castiglione, Basil, 1547, elegantly
tooled citron morocco, 91. Some works from Mr. Clarke's
own hands also sold very high. In the same sale a collec.
tion of Defoe's smaller pieces and tracts, in sixty-two vols.,
sold for 431., and a copy of Eliot's Indian Grammar, printed
at Cambridge, New England. 1666, although in bad condi-
tion, sold for 27/. 10s.
MONSTER FLOATING DOCK.-.-Meittril. Rennie,
engineers of Blackfriars, are about to construct at their
works at Greenwich • monster iron floating dock for the
Spanish government on • scale of roilicient magnitude to
admit the largest line of battle ships. The dock will be
335 feet long, 110 feet wide, 45 feet deep, and 4,000 tons of
iron will be used in its construction. When completed the
dock will be forwarded to Cadiz iu sections, and will then
be fitted together for use. It will be constructed on the
tubular system, so that it may be sank in the water, and
by the introduction of air be enabled to lift ships of large
size.
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