The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-10 00:00:00

COUNTY COURT.- - v EST ERDAY

(BEFORE MR. JOSEPH POLLOCK, ESQ., JUDGE.)
At the opening of the court, Mr. Gray made a special ap-
plication to the Judge, under the 48th section of the new
County Courts' Act, 19 and 21 Vic., c. 108, for a commit-
ment summons, in an action in which Mr. Broadfoot, of Lord-
street, Liverpool, obtained a judgment in the month of April,
1854, for £l2 I Is 7d—debt and costs agp:
of lower lane, London. His Honour
This was one of the first applications of the kind made under
the new act. TI,; chlnge In the

t Mr. Revington
A the application

ettab:es the

plaintiff to

Slll/IMOIIB the dehto: ,o the court where the judgment was
obtained. Dy this a debtor who has removed his
residence to a distance, or absconded, may be summoned to
the court where the judgment watt obtained, to show cause why
he should not be committed to gaol for no,—

-payment

TRADE WITH THE RIVER PLATE

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Oct. 6.—The Right
flonourable the Lards of the Committee of Privy Council
for Trade and Plantations have received through the
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs a copy of a
despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Parana, enelos.
ing copy of a law recently passed by the Argentine
Legislature levying duties, as follows, upon merchandise
brought into any of the provinces of the Argentine Con-
federation from within the Capes at the mouth of the
River Plate, and which law will come into effect in the
month of February, 1857.
Article 1.-Ist. Merchandise not subject to specific
duty shall pay double the ordinary duty. 2d. Merchan-
dise subject to specific duty shall, on its introduction, be
subject to an additional duty of 30 per ceat., ad valorem
Article IL—Merchandise which may be introduced
directly from outside the Capes by the said ports shall
continue to pay only the ordinary duty.
Article llL—The natural and manufactured products
of the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay, of the Republic
of Paraguay, and of the Brazilian possessions situated
within the Capes, introduced directly by the said ports
come within the preceding article.
Article IV.—The natural and manufactured products
of the Province of Buenos Ayres shall be admitted free
of duty as national products.

THE TIMBER TRADE.
•
AMERICAN TIMBER.
PINE TIMBER : From Quebec, since Ist Feb., the import
of yellow pine amounts to 38,938 logs, against 29,153 at
the same date last sear; there has been but little varia-
tion in prices. A cargo of good quality, 72 to 73 feet
average, sold at 20,3 A per foot ; larger averages have
realised more money, but for small and inferior there is
less enquiry. From St. John the import is 26,023 logs,
against 20,069. During the week a cargo of fair quality
has been sold at 6d over the average girth, or equal to 2s
per foot for 18 inches average. Several attempts have
been made to obtain a similar figure by auction, without
success. Buyers in this market prefer making their pur.
chases by private treaty, when lull prices are generally
paid. Of Lower Port, a parcel of Richibueto sold at Ind
per foot.
RED PINE is worth our quotations.
OAK AND ELM : The former has been sold at 2s id to
2s 4d, and the latter at 20d to 21d per foot with the cargo.
HARDWOOD: St. John is saleable at 183 to 22(1 per foot.
Nova Scotia 161 to 19d, and Prince Edward Island 14d to
16d, as in size and quality.
N. B. and N. S. PINE AND SPRUCE DEALS : Since the
Ist February 2,203,923 pieces pine and spruce deals have
been imported, against 3,679,841 pieces last year; the
stock is moderate and prices are steady. St. John cargoes
have been placed at prices ranging from -el() 2s 6d to £lO
6s 3d, as in quality. Nova Scotia deals have realised
from £9 15s to £lO -per standard. St. Stephens have
yielded £9 17s 6t? to £lO ; few of the latter have been
imported.
QUEBEC DEALS : First quality is worth £l6 to 4'17 ;
second, .411 10s to £l2; and third, 49 15s to £lO per
standard.

SPRUCE SPARS are saleable at 146 to 16d per foot.
PrTcra PINE': A cargo from Savana of fair quality
has beets sold during the week at a full price, the figure
not to transpire.
TEAK WOOD : The transactions are confined to retail
from the yards ; the stock is much reduced.
Since our annual circular, dated Ist February, 217 ves-
sels, 169,653 tons register, wood-laden, have arrived from
British North America, viz., 66 from Quebec, 86 from St.
John, N. 8., and 65 from other ports ; at the same date
last year, 288 vessels, 220,225 had arrived.

TABLE OF IMPORTS.
From Ist F,.bruary, 18;6, to this date.

IMPORTED bq I thr '4
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cd
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Quebec
St. John, N.H
Other Ports

38938! 4143 2977 14383 I 411 230 ! 2172907
26023 . i ! 6930 : 1.5271 932592
55961 .. .. !.. 1.. 5003 ; 676,30 ..

70557 i 4143 2977 4383 , 411 12183 242121312592

Same time I ast year

IMPORTED el 4 3 'to
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FROM O= 0g cA ....0 ha E bt ..Fl_ ,746 48
.4 .4 . 4 8 4;- 4 ..` 34° 40 1 c..z..2
= la ,„

31 1765 2511
Quebec....... 290,
St. John, N. 8.. 200691
Other Ports .... 2312,

2244 I 10

7672 12360590

51534 1745 2511 2244 10 13-5038724 8583317962-511

BALTIC TIMBER.
The tonnage employed this year is 14,263 tons, against
6,675 last year. The sales have been made privately, and
prices are not to transpire. Our quotations are ob-
tainable.
SPARS have been sold at various prices ; 9d for large
sizes ; 16d to 18d per foot. for small fresh ones.
RED DEALS AND BATTENS are worth our quotations;
viz :—for St. Petersburg .t'l7 to £lB 10s; Riga, to £l6
15s; and other kinds in proportion.
LATIINvoon: Separately is saleable at 37s 6d to 40s per
foot; with the cargo less has been taken for it.
STAVES : No sales to report.
Since Ist February 45 vessels, 14,263 tons, have arrived,
against 2t vessels, 6,675 tons, to date last year.
A. F. & D. MACKAY.