She and her family have gone to America; and I have no doubt, after a few years, that the weakened organs will recover their proper tone, with the gradual use of proper food.
There is another ingredient in Irish misery which has not met with the consideration it deserves.

If the landlord happens to be humane, he may interest himself in the welfare of the _families_ of his tenantry.

He may also send a few pounds to them for coals at Christmas, or for clothing; but such instances are unhappily rare, and the alms given is _comparatively_ nothing.

In England the case is precisely the reverse.
On this subject I speak from personal knowledge.

There is scarcely a little village in England, however poor, where there is not a committee of ladies, assisted by the neighbouring gentry, who distribute coals, blankets, and clothing in winter; and at all times, where there is distress, give bread, tea, and meat.