Miss E. Jane Whatelv (the late Archbishop Whately's daughter, we
believe) sends to Wednesday's Times a most grievous account of the effect produced by the disturbed state of Ireland on the fortunes of poor Irish ladies. From a correspondent she quotes :—" One poor lady died last week in a workhouse. and had a pauper's grave. She did not enter it under her own name, and this was only discovered after her death." Four or five others who had taken refuge in the workhouse had been seen by the same correspondent. Miss Whately goes on :—" My correspondent adds other cases only less sad than these. 'One lady and her daughter I visited, living in a good house, without servants, became faint while I was with them for want of food. They are both widows. Another widow, ill of heart-disease, is left with two little ones, both ill from want of food, and no means but what the sick mother can raise from needlework, which often lies unsold." It is proposed, therefore, to open some of the retreats for destitute but respectable women to ladies suffering from this cause, and to cancel the usual restrictions as to age and locality ; and Miss Whately adds that Miss Phillips, 72 Mildmay Park, N., disposes of work done by those who endeavour to support themselves in this way, and that she will thankfully receive contributions intended for their aid or to secure retreats for them in homes not strictly intended for persons of this class.
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