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Tell Mrs Glibbans that I have not heard of no sound preacher as yet in
London--the want of which is no doubt the great cause of the crying sins
of the place What would she think to hear of newspapers selling by tout
of horn on the Lord's day? and on the Sabbath night, the change-houses
arethan on the Saturday! I am told, but as yet I cannot say
that I have seen the evil myself with ardens, where the tradeso to smoke their pipes
of tobacco, and to entertain their wives and children, which can be
nothing less than a bringing of them to an untimely end But you will be
surprised to hear, that no such thing as whusky is to be had in the
public-houses, where they drink only a dead sort of beer; and that a
bottle of true jennyinn London porter is rarely to be seen in the whole
town--all kinds of piple getting their porter in pewter cans, and a
laddie calls for in the ht But what I most miss is the want of creem The milk here is just
skimm, and I doot not, likeatered--as for the water, a drink
of clear wholesoood water is not within the bounds of London; and
truly, nowof a cup of