THE IRISH PEASANTRY AND THE KING'S
ILLNESS.
[To THE EDITOR OD THE "SPECTATOR."] have been much interested in reading the letter of Dr. G. R. Wynne in the Spectator of July 19th, and would like to add my testimony to Irish loyalty. It is my duty to visit a large workhouse very near Dublin every fortnight, and to distribute newspapers to the old women inmates. I was in London at the time of the King's sudden illness. On my return here I went as usual to the workhouse. I was greatly touched and struck by the genuine anxiety shown by those to whom I spoke. Their first question when they knew I had just come back from London was about the King's health, and what was the news that morning; and when I told them that the King was reported by the doctors to be out of danger, their words were "Thank God1"—I am, Sir, &c.,
AN ENGLISHWOMAN IN IRELAND.
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