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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