The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-11-01 00:00:00

THE bIARKETE,

MARK-LANE —MONDAY.
More Mimeo hes been noticed In the grain trade. The
ply of English wheat him been moderato. With a fair •U•
shoo if nuliers the deman I has been steady, aid °cessions'',
an advance of 1.. per et has bees obtained. Tee market has
been well supplied wilh foreign wheat. There hes bens a
healthy Inquiry, and prices have rued firm. Malting barley
haslcommanded more alter lion, and has been steadier In valet
Grinding parcela have tun in improved ',gone. For own
the Octuan.l hes been firmer, at late rates This oat trails
has howl firm, and good sonnd corn most be written ed. pm
quarter dearer. Maize has ruled firmer In Cabe, with a
fair bipluess doing Bears have been gigot, at previous
quetat.ons. Tor pea. there tea been • limited inquiry se
former terms, The ['cur market has been steadier, dNI
quotations.
MARK LANE —WELNESDit,
The dense fog has greatly Interfered mOb business netts
Corn I:serialise, and the actual transactions tffec4ldll
been voy limited. Tao aupply of Engliall wheat hobos
small, but there bee been a f eir show of foreign. Altheeri
business has been much restricts, prices have, been almfg.
A moderate supply of barley has been on off,. The trait
has been firm, on former terns. Malt has been dlslro,ol d
at previous quo ations. 'Jots have supported Monday's*
provemeut, with • quiet demand. Maze Am contiamil
ateaoy In value, with • moderate inqury. Bona and per
have been quiet and unaltered.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MAILICKT.—MOLDAt.
The total imp vii of foreign stock into London ied Ind
Congaed of 1t,991. head. In the oorrespooding week lid
year we received 11,1C8, in 1.71 1E833, in 11570, 17.011.4.
1869, 11,141, and in 1868 8480 head. • quiet tone pervedid
the cattle u arket to-day. The supply of at ck hae again bed
I,rge, and I oily equal to re quirem, nes. lath, beads Ws
t'le show haa been 'stooges, but there has her a
mark, d y of prime breeds, the bulk of
auxins to haul in indifferent audition. Tnroughle.actt
iietien I has been ',kw. but for the few choloe add*
offer. d toll rave have been paid, the best Bcors mod
crosees making 61. M. to 6s. 41. par lb. Medium and WW6I
breeds have been dull of sale. From Lincoinehlre we Mini
reoeived about 70, from Li icestereivre aod Nortlialpronsblis
aent 1,7E0, fro,. licrefe d shout 103, from o her pule if
E. gland abecit NO, from Scotland 5, arid from Ireland abed
361. head. In the foreign side of the market there habeas
a good show of clock, chiegy es natal from Totaling, bra
whence about 3,380 have been received. Spain Ise contended
Shout 80. GiAbeu burg 13, and there have been about 150 Duld.
The demand hea been quiet, and inferior breeds have heed na
gular In value. The sheep market bas been fairly eupplied.
have progressed slowf y. at about, late rates. The bed Dowd
and half-brede have wade IP. It to 61. 101. per 8. b. Eddill
breeds have been barely so firm. Calvet have beat is Aid
eupply and moderato reqeest, at about late rates. nip Imo
been dieposed of at previous currencies :—Coarse tad le.
!nice bead., 4s. id. to te. hI.; second quality ditto, fa. le
M. 40. ; prima large oxen, f• Lid. to el ; prime 6006. ag,
6,. 24. to es. 41. soarais and inferior sheep, 4, 40. to O. 181.;
atioond quality ditto, 6..61. to Sc. 101. ; prime coarse wooliel,
6, 44. tot,. 63.: prime Southdown., to. 80. to (6.
large coarse calves, 4s. dl. to be. di. ; prime St%
11. 101. to 6s. 21. large hop, is. 60. to 4s. 103.
porter.. se. 44. to be. bd.

MEROPOLI CAN MILT lIARIEET.—tiOeddi.
The supplies of meet offering here te day were belief, kW
ellghtly In ere •si requiremeota, but palms wider Whale
fialmoe of cold wheather mounted retkor more smelt Pt
el, byte carcase :—interior beef, Se. 44. to 4e. addaJill
ditto, li. tt ia. td. ; pr:me large ditto. li. 10d. I ea tel
prime small ditto be to irs 8 t . veal, be. to ha. 44. ; hada
Mat'o 3.. 81 to 4.44 ;ml 'ding ditto, 4.. 64 ,
prtme 01110, s:s. 4 to 41. bd. ; large pork 41. to 44.
email ditto, Or. 81. to Cm 41.

SEED.
LONDON, Monday, Ont. 17.—New Iteglleh Cl ,vereeed coma
out OLe>7, ut there ts or anxiety to make p irchases MIN
libeller price. domended It t parplo oomph
qualities, bctb red and white, we. without nor
ciomp in value. rale Trelhil wee had El [ma km
DWI mat transacted In It wee to a limited extent. Was
hini.erdseed, both now and old, meld he bought resew
lower. Tee few tempi,. I now brown ofteri g mit allotted
demo', eithough moderat, prices wreak( h-r. been tale&
Color )ssed w s rather dearer, with • good sale, Ne• DsICI
Ben p.eeft sold steadily on former terms. The deemed le
wa.ter Tares was Urni.ed, and prime were again rattle
lower.

THE REV. DR. PARKER ON AMERICA.

In London, os Surmise.. Mas icoa of the City
Temple wary rimmed:- wfttr empeneion of three
mouths, at the Canoiebtrert Huta in the morning, mid
at Exeter Hall in the evening. At the latter plat e
Dr. Parker, who has recently returned from a visit to
the United States, commeuced his dieoeurse by placing
before • very crowded congregation hi. views and feel-
ings with regard to the po Mimi and proepects of that
couutry, and the question of increment union between
Christians of different relieions deneminations in Ei g-
land. Having annourced AA he te et he Bth verse of
the 121st Beattie " I he Lord shall preeerre thy going out
nod thy comme in," inn revel..., gentleman said :
"My Ni3at to A merie on oebte dly forms one of the
brightest recollecti.Ms of my life, so much so that I
fear sonic of you nay accuse me of exaggeration in
describing its occupatime aud pleasures. From be-
ginning loped It Seamed t be • snecese ion of en j ,ymeid s
—one rivalling the AS'er iu corn pleteuess and intensity.
America he ntrohe"thati a omittnent ; in territory, in
resources, in ponsibilitim, it is little nhort of being a
world. At present the merest edge is abut sl Wet
has been touched; yet the future of Ame, ion semis
to be so near that it in quite excusable to
speak of it. as a reality and a fact. It is not
very rtereeable to my patriotic impute,e to say—and
yet I must say it—that America is, in tny opinion, on
the point of laying its hail on the supremacy of the
ererld. England has a magnificent history, but America
has • still more magnificent future. I ant not sanguine
us to the future of vile own dear country. We are far
from being in a satinfectory state within our own
borders. Wholesome disciplinary laws e,f a social
kind seem to have been relaxed, and an eternal
wrangle appears to have set in. In England
there is, from a territorial point of view, so little
room to wrangle in, that when disorder is dm
velot ed it frets everybody, and makes the
national machine go very unemily and tinprotitably.
Ia America, on the contrary, the epee.. are so
vast, and the resources so unlimited, that the bursting
of • social volcano is comparatively unfelt beyond the
district in which it occurred. I know that many
Englishmen will not sympathise with my views am to
the relative poeitions of the two countries, but I make
bold to say that of those Englishmen who may dis-
agree with me Lot one iii five hetdred has been to
America to examine the c...e for himself. It 14 one
thing to sit at home and hum over a few favourite
national airs, and to lionrish before the eyes of other
nations the flag that's braved a thonsand years
the battle and the breeze," and quite another
thing to go into shale coentries and examine im-
partially the c ustruetton of their governments,
and their systems of administration and development.
I have no hesitation in Baying that it is only mete-eery
to see Ammica to have the most obstinate preje, liens
entirely removed. I did not go to the United States
with any strong prejudice either one way or the other;
but I met zed a few gentlemen, who took their insular
and tracitioual theories over the Atlantic, who have
since expressed their delight with almost everything
they saw under American skies. And yet, so far AO
I am aware, every man amonget them would Fay
with his whole heart, as I do now, "God save the
Queen," and let our country grow younger as the
years roll on.
"Most of you are aware that I went to the L'uited
States as • delegate appointed by the Evangelioel
Alliance, and it is in that capacity that I wish to give
some account of my stewardship this evening. First
of all, I must hasten to say that the hospitality with
which we were received was simply boundless and in-
expressible. It seemed to me, and to all the ministers
With whom I came In contact, to be quite a new
tomment upon the Biblical exhortation, • lie careful to
entertain stratmere.' Everything that love could
suggest, and that money could provide, was placed
at our service with mont minute and delicate care.
Talk of money, indetd!—yeu mut go to America
for a new definition of that word. We, careful
English people, ask the price of things; we talk about
making both ends meet; and we are very scrupulous
&beta cutting our coat according to our cloth; all
which thlitty talk is very much like an unknown
tongue in the United Stet aof America. Sums which
sre here reckoned as of consequence are regarded there
as comparative intim ; Christian minister., of good
ability, are, in pot a few cares, paid as hands newly as
great officers of State are paid in this couutry ; and
men who in England me but moderate shopkeepers are
in America prosper- no land-esteems and merchants.
"Then let us be ett to America at once," some of you
will say ; whereupon I am constrained to reply, Whit •
while, Who are you? What can you do? Are yon willing
to work hard and to suffer for a time, if need be? 'V 41
must understand that it is the hand of the diligent
that roaketh rich, and that in every country the way
of laziness is toe straight road to poverty and con
tempt. I met ur&rtutiate Engliehmeu iii America,
but it was easy to see why they were unfortunate; they
had eyes, but they saw not ; they had hearts, but they
did not understand ; they always took hold ef thing, by
the wrong end, and when they set them down they never
knew where to find them again. Eggs are not laid in
people's peckets, nor do grapes grow en marble mantel-
pieces in America. Men meet think and work and
endure, and in the end the reward will c wee. Now,
in little countries', and especially la countries whose
glory has culminated, men may think and work
and endure, and very little profitable reeult will
accrue. 'lucre ia the hardship. A great deal if
such service is rendered in England, and yet it
may be difficult to ensure old age against dis-
comfort or positive want. I am wishful to be vety
clear upon this point, lest ar y one should min
away with the foolish notion that America is the
paradise of alothffil and incompe.ent persons.
" Many of our ruirsistere I should strongly advise to
settle in the States ; but even here, quite as strengly as
ehewhere, the law of incompetency applies. A poor
preacher is not turned into a good one merely by alma
voyage. Ifs man can detolersbly well here, the chances
are thst he will do muele better there; but if nobody
cares to Imar him in Ergleud, it is very possible that
nobody wiil care to hes, him in America. I hold that
the American preachers an a b:dy, are in many respects
abler, number for number, than their brethren in
Eugland ' • they are certainly more doctrinal, more
polemics', and more dogmatic In their mit ietry ;
though I am told they are lens emetionel and opals
pathetic. I was delighted with whot I raw of the
American minieters, pert iculerly with their union, sim•
plictty, and genuine heartiness. I was much atruek
with the religiousness of tee American people. This
was wondertney shown in the earnestness with which
they followed all the proceeding' of the Evangeical
Alliance. Never formic hour, during the whir ten days,
did the attendance flag. Four places of aare whip
were kept open, and each one appeared to be fuller
thm the other, and fuller, too, o, wrong, beanie I,
able men, sworn to be loyal to the Cross mid true
to the Faith of the Son of God. I do not believe
that the same muter enthueiasm rout I have been
maintained in London for so I. rig a time ; at any
rate, I never raw anything like it under imelar circum-
Manees in Euglano. Tee people seemed to give them•
selves up to the occasion with all joyfuluee., awl to
increase rather than nimiuieh in the en hueimm and ,
Intensity of their interest. Incalculable good has been I
done by the meeting. Men separated from each other .
by the widest ecclesiastical &stances looked each other
in the face, have bowed in common prayer at the same
altar, and extended to each other the right band of
Christian recognition and fellowship. From that at.
named line ot brotheramel there mud be no retreat.
The good vow has been epoken, and mu.t never be re-
called. For my own part my decision is taken, &decision '
to seek out lines of sympathy and moon rather than to
magnify points of antaeoeiem and alienation. When
our new church, the City Temple, is ready for occu-
pation, I trust we Phan secure the services if eminent
ministers of the English E piscopal Church. With what
my would we hail the appearance of the Dean of West-
'Muter in our pulpit, or Dr. Vaughan t,f the Temple,
or the Dean of Centerbury, or any men of the same
Character and standing! An what would be the special
ground of our Joy? The thought that at lest a great
barrier had been broken down, and that brethren long
septratms had found cum another in their Fatherle
hunas. I cannot but hope and believe that in
less than seven years I sholl preach in Westminster
Abbey or in St. Paul's Cathedral. And what would I
Preach in those churches el immortal renown? Nothing
bat salvation by faith in the hood of Jesus Christ,
God the son. Opportunities of preaching we can have
hi ahtudance FO long re there is a hill to stand upon, or
• mill to be saved ; hut wo want to break down await
of separation, aid to thew that the love of Christ is
mightier than all the statutes and rentraints of men.
The dazed such union will surely come!
"As to American feeling respecting our own
country there can hardly he two opiuioiss. The
result of my humble and observation is that England
Ins • warm place in the affections of America*
Shortly before leaving New York I hel the plea ure
of preschiug to four tdousand people, inchrling bishops,
soldiers, merchants, and citizens of every degree ; and
IS the c. twee of the tervice I took therasim to refer
to her Most Gracious Majesty the Qmen, and inetan-
tancomly the whole congregation meeted the mention
of her name wi,h most cordial applause. I trust this
feeliug of iuternati, nab cenfidecos and houtstir will
grow, and that all tee Englieh.apeaking nations on the
face of the earth will enter into an unwritten but in.
violable, compect to keep the mace of the world, and
to tuned truth awl righteem, net from every hostile
arm that rimy be rained agahmt them.
"1 winh atYmelishrutn could see America for them-
selves. No descriptive
it f in words can convey an adequate
the "f its extent, thee riches of its sml,
or the genuine kindness of Its eimcily life. Specially
do I wish that our Euglinh nobility wed our Euglieh
legiolatore c jell see the States. Their mere woulh be
diteolved, and theirtalk about Atueric xnb,ing our heath-
tutiens would be supetaeded by a higher style of
holitieal criticisms. As stations we meat know each
Oiler better ; for mutual knowledge will steam mutual
appreeiation and mutnol hocour.