The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-21 00:00:00

TILE MEN FOR GALWAY.
The late successful draw on the Impel& Ta-
sury to the tune of nearly half-a-million sterling
has been celebrated by an ovation to two members
of Parliament—both Saxons, by the way—who did
y • ..... en's service ; the hard fight for the postal
s. ,y. r ~r . +ranee into the town of
Galway on Monday of Mr. John Orrell Lever and
Mr. John Arthur Roebuck must be regarded as a
perfect triumph, and, as a demonstration of a na-
tion's gratitude, quite eclipses anything of the kind
that has occurred here since the decline and fall of
Irish agitation. The recent landing of a military
celebrity at Dover was but a tame affair as com-
pared to the subjoined account of the Galwegian
welcome of the two victorious financiers;—

" It having been generally known that Mr. Lever
and Mr. Roebuck would arrive in Galway this day
at four o'clock, preparations were made by the
trades to givb them a suitable reception. At half-
past three crowds began to congregate at the. rail-
way terminus, several handsome flags were erected
at the entrance, and shortly before'the arrival of
the train the town band, and the trades with their
banners, took their places on the platform. At this
hour the interior of the terminus was densely
thronged, and several ladies were present. As the
train rolled in loud cheers were given, the band
playing " See the Conquering Hero Comes." Mr.
and Mrs. Lever, Mr. Roebuck, and some ladies were
then conducted by Father Daly to a carriage, and a
procession was formed, headed by the band. It pro-
ceeded along the east side of Eyre-square, through
William's-gate-street, William-street, Abbeygate—
street, Mary-street, St. Francis-street, and on tG
Father Daly's residence. There was occasional
cheering during the progress of the procession,
which was acknowledged by Mr. Lever and Father-
Daly. At St. Vincent's-place a large concourse
assembled, and loudly cheered the cortege as it
arrived.

" Father Daly addressed the people from the
carriage, lie said,—They honoured him by honour-
ing Alr. Lever, their .memlx-r, irl.to was the fowl.
der of their packet station, and the means of
establishing the future prosperity of Gal way.
(Cheers.) And here was Mr. Roebuck—(Ohekrs)—
the man that could deal with.the cowards—let them
remember that was the word—the cowards who
calumniated Mr. Lever in an underhand way. He
is the man that bearded them to their faces, and.
that said that Mr. Lever's honour never was
tarnished in getting the subsidy for Galway. He
was a man they never could forget. To any ma'a
the presence of Mr. Roebuck in his house was, an
honour. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Lever was the foun-
der of their hopes, and if there were rogues con-
nected with the project, he was not among the
rogues. Let the calumniators who saw that mani-
festation, and the people who came that day to
welcome Mr. Lever and his friend Mr. Roebuck—
let them say whether these were ' gallery boys '—
(uproar)—for, let them remember, they were
characterised by that name the other day. He
hoped and trusted they would have the opportunity
of hearing the sweet voices of Mr. Lever and Mr.
Roebuck—(cheers)—and of listening to that elo-
quence that thundered in the Senate of Great
Britain. (Loud and prolonged cheering.)
" The party then entered Mr. Daly's house. Mr.
Roebuck appeared at the window, and was loudly
cheered.

" Father Daly said that Mr. Roebuck was too
fatigued to thank them, but desired him to do so."

IRREMOVABLE P 001?.

The select committee appointed on the operation
of the act 9th and 10th Victoria, cap. 66, which
enacts that no poor person shall be removable who
shall have resided five years in any parish, and of
the acts 10th and 11th Victoria, cap. 110, and 11th
and 12th Victoria, cap. 110, which enact that the
relief given to such irremovable persons shall be
charged upon the common fund of the union—have
considered the matters to them referred, and have
come to the following resolutions, which they have
agreed to report to the house :
" 1. That the operation of the act (9th and 10th
Victoria, c. 66) is beneficial to the poor in mitigat-
ing the hardships necessarily incidental to any law
of removal.

" 2. That the period of residence, in order to ac-
quire a status of irremovability (if that status be
continued), may, with advantage to the poor, be re-
duced from five years to three.
"3. That the area of residence necessary for ac-
quiring a status of irremovability (if that status be
continued) may also, with advantage to the poor,
be extended from the parish to the whole union.

" 4. That orphan children, who may on the death
of their surviving parent be removable, shall have
the status of irremovability which their surviving
parent may have acquired.

" 5. That the cosi of the maintenance of such
lunatics in asylums as are now chargeable to a pa-
rish within a union should be chargeable on the
common fund of such union.

" 6. That the contribution of parishes in unions
to the common fund should be based upon conside-
ration of the annual rateable value, and the amount
of the population combined in one sum, by adding
the amount of the population, according to the last
census, to the amount of the parochial assessment,
and by taking the result as the assessment in
pounds sterling.
" The committee desire further to report, that
during this inquiry evidence has been submitted to
them of some peculiar evils which attend the re-
moval of the Irish poor when chargeable in Eng-
land. These chiefly relate to the mode and form
of conducting removals, and they would, doubtless,
be lessened by the adoption of the foregoing reso-
lutions, as greater facilities of becoming irremov-
able (by limiting the period and extending the area
of residence) would be afforded to the, poor.
" The committee, however, in order to :prevent
entirely the recurrence of the evils referred to,
would strongly recommend that legislative effect
should be given to the following precautions :--;
" (a.). That no warrant shall be issued for the
removal of any poor person from England to Ire-
land except by justices assembled at a petty ses-
sion, or by a stipendiary magistrate.
" (b.) That the said justices or magistrate shall
not issue the warrant without seeing the head of the
family to be removed, and being satisfited that each
of the parties sought to be removed is in such a
state of health as not to be liable to injury by re-
moval.