The Sun.
London, England, 1838-02-12 00:00:00

NOTES, BY A LOOKER ON.

sincesome osnteoleon.
ltiahnlagwt.aaysdAoagnfieuwsindg4sthey are, also,
f
naaugliiezthe daily papers; headed " Saga
be persuaded
bel;ulmdor evident; but
not
I it. Had the stole
to go away from . n material been broadcloth
or hardware the caninebdiscoverer's especial " sagacity" on the
have been einentceon'strideeerta,
Saga-
city themic tcNyascoifwov occasionally, I:yote,hgres,P,o,aroortaaeungi,navidhlatiotlllflspi
considering the generally
d. diffused partiality of dogs to animal
food, our four-footed friend's
than
pertinacity savours, as it should
seem, far more of appetite
spoke after the following fashion of the
London Coffee Houses, in an egregious novel of mine entitled
" D las D'Arcv,"—a novel known, I fear, few others
to
. oug
the curious—in cheese and cheesecakes :—" lam quite con-
winced that these neat and economical coffee-houses have done
orneecantsiewnhi:TlO lula:
more to diminish drunkenness and to diffuse intelligence
among the working order of men than any royally pa-
tronised society. or nobly edited literary pennyworths
in existence, however loudly the latter may be puffed,
or however profusely the former may be subscribed
to." Since that time, vast improvements have been
made in these highly useful establishments. At almost
all of them you may get your steak as well served up as at
Dolly's, and nt a perft ctiv wonderfully
upper rooms of many of them, you may meet with society pos-
sessing talents such as you would vainly look for in the heated
and puerile assemblies of what is, absurdly enough, called
s, high society." And then,
the profusion of papers, periodi-
cals, and boos of amusement and reference I All praise be to
these places, and all prosperity to their owners, who, by the
have done •
way, a wise thin.. in forming ' .
themselves into a
!society. It would be a pleasant' thing to write a detailed de-
scription
of our cheap coal ° , not quite sure
e-houses • and I am
that I shall not do ' so some day.

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SMALL Pox.---This dreadful disease has been very
prevalent at Presteign, acd the neighbourhood, where it has
committed sad ravages in the families of the poorer classes,
many of whom have lost two and three children from its effects.
In all these cases the sufferers have not received the benefit of
vaccination. It has been suggested that the Poor-law Com-
missioners should order the guardians of those unions in which
this disease is prevalent, to offer, through the medical officers,
gratuitous vaccination.—Hereford Journal.
Mr. Davis, of
Leominster, having some sheep in
the Old Fields, near that town, invited Thomas Tedstonc to
dine with him, and afterwards to go down to look at them.
After dinner they went to the fields, Mr. Davis having his
gun with him, the butt-end of which was resting on the
,round. In the course of conversation Mr. Davis, in moving,
caused the piece to go off, and th' charge of shot lodged in
Tedstone's forehead, penetrating the brain, and causing im-
mediate death. Mr. Davis, who was much attached to Ted-
stone, has been in a stAta bordering on distraction ever since.
_HerYbrd Journal.
MR. SUL' VAN'S NEW NO VEL.--The Atlas
speaks in the following high terms of Mr. Sulivan's clever
novel, ” Raff Hall," which is just published This is avcry
lively pleasant book. We have pleasure in doing justice to
Mr. Sulivan's wit, and to the good feeling which animates his
work. Novels which claim our applause on the score of
humour are so frequently allied with vulgarity, and those
which challenge us on the higher ground of philosophy arc s,
often bombastical anti affected, that we find it a relief to fall iL
with one which is humorous without being gross, and sensible
without conceit or pretence—and such a novel is Mr. Sulivan's.