Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-11 00:00:00

GREEN''CK SUGAR NIARKET.-SEPT. 10.

In crushed sucar there has been a fair bminess done to-day, at late
prizes. Sales of tren e were n ade at 194 to 19s 3d, and syl up is in
request at 25, for fine.

LIVERPOOL TIMBER TRADE.

In our last wa alhicied to s-v,ral causes which had a marked ten-
dency to circumscribe mercanti'e tray actions, to limit spectCation,
and t confine business of all kinds within !cry narrow bonods.
Since then most of those causes have part ally sir wholly d sappeared,
in consequence of a better understanding of their immedia e and
remote imdort,nce. The lurking suspicion, which in a greater or
less degree appeared to haunt every man, has been found to be in a
greaf measure gr .undless; and b isiness matters seem once again
established on a clear and comprehen able basis. Extreme confidence
has not, however, as yet rea h dso conclasiva a point as to have
materially improved the present condition of the trade in wood, as
th ,t is to be measured by existing prices, or estimated by alacrity of
immediate demand. liesitaiion in bo h respects has been considerably
augmented by an opinion, which has gained great confidence among
CODS liners, that stocks of mo t kinds are beAvy, and that they are
daily enlarged by such an amount of import as to altar i Ample means
of choice for all the useful kinds of wool. The impression last
;Waded to has had the affect of causing pur,hasers to limit their
dealings to almost the meree., immediate wants, secure in the belief
that they can ton,inue tie s hand to mouth sort of operation so long
as their necessities exist. This is a kind of reasoning which it Is not
easy to convince those interested of the fallacy of; if anything will
do so, however, it will be done by the process of yarding, alluded to
in our last, as resorted to by those who, desirous of maintaining a
fair, legitimate, and moderately remunerative trade, refuse to be
driven into a style of business which is alike inconvenient and un-
profitable.

AMERICkN T.MBER.

PINE TIME a from Quebec has been imported to an unusually large
extent, and the stock on kand is much heavier than has ordinarily
been the case at this pe iod of the year. the greater portion of which
continues to be stored on importer's account. A few cargoes have
been sold by private treaty at from 150 to 15d per foot, for an aver-
age of 75 feet; while small and inferior wood has been forced off by
auction, from the quay, at 121 per foot. From St. John the late
arrivals have mostly been yarded on shipper's account. This timber
is worth about 20d per foot, for an average of 18 inches. Lower Port
timber has been sold at 125 per foot.
BED Pi has not undergone any noti cable change since our la,t.
As then, it is still saleable, at from 16d to 18d per font according to
specitication.

OAK AND ELM.-7 here is no difficult in meeting with purchasers
of good fresh Osk at from 2s to 2s ad per foot in proportion to size.
E m als3 of good quality and size issale-ble at from 16d to 19d per
foot.

HARDWOOD.—For some time past a considerable quanf ty of infar'or
weed has been thrown upon the marker, at low prices, which has had
the effect of diminishing the gmera char cter of this article. Good
it. John of 14 Inch average meets wit, sde at about 17d, and 16 inch
at about 201 per loot. Parrsbro' of ordinary quality has been spld at
161 ; but if good and fresh of large girth, it will command ,18d per
foot. Prince Edward's Isllnd Is worth from 131 to 151 per foot.

N. 3. AND N.S. PINE AND SPRUCE DEALS remain much the same as
at our last. St. John have realises from £7,10s to £7 12361, accord-
ing to the qualty. St. S ephen's and nei4hbo 'ring lower ports have
been sold at from £7 53 to £7,6s 34. Nova Scotia and Prince Edward's
Island at from £6 los to £7, as in qt. ality.
QUEBEC DEALS.—Since our last several lots of these have been so'd
by auction, at fro n £7 105 to £7 15s per s audard for thirds ; firsts
and seconds may be quoted at £lO 108 for seconds, and Xid for first
qua sty.
HEM L OCK L tTnwoon is sold with cargo at 49s ; separately at £3 5s
but £4 7s lid may be obtained for good clean splitting wood.
PITCII FINE —S weral cargoes and parcels of this article have lately
arrived, part of which is in coarse of being yarded. The cargo of 74
beet average. ex Sardinia, from Savannah, has been sold from the
quay by auction at front 170 for shorteSt lengths, to '2B 9iel for long,
averaging about 2oid per foot. Several parcels of goad, wood have
be,ol sold by auction at considerably less money.
TEAKWOOD.—In this W-3 have no saes to report.
GafaaTHEAltT.—Of this there are no sales to note.
Since our Annual C reular, dated I,t Feb nary, 208 vessels, 156,109
tons register, wood laden, hove arrived from British North America,
viz , 77 bona Quebec, 79 from St. John, N. 8., and 52 from other ports ;
at the same date last year, 113 vessels, 116.792 tons had arrived.

TABLE OF IMPORTS.
From ist February, 18;7, to this date.

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IMPORTED bed be- ce,X 02
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FROM 0.• 4 0 ,00, GO 0 pip,
.4c., -4 . .40 .. =l-4.;;=."
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Quebec .38345 3069 3338 2862 274 286 291222 ..
St. Jc.hn, N. 8119167 4733 1523787 1E873
Other Ports 1 962 .. . . 5838 619657 • •
Total 158774 3869 3338 2862 274 10855 2434;66 16873
Same time last year.
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IMPORTED by 9. be -• be-w E bY•4 et,•• 0 as ti
FROM 0.11 004 ove 0- 0.. ogeo
. .40 .a4l *c -4M 3 A 44' a.
Quebec 24581 2009 2243 2842 406 175 151149 ..
St. John,N.B 18651 5867 1175671 8578
Other Ports 3477 .. 3274 426362 ..
Total 467(9 2009 2248 2842 406 19316 11753182 ,8578