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uf my country, to express to you my sincere grkitude,
and further to say that the people of the metropolis of
Franco Will bo most happy to tee the chief magistrate
of this town of London come over to the continent.—
(Loud cheers.) I cm sure that my fellow-countrymen
in the metropolis of France will be glad to show you
that French hospitality is not inferior oven to your dis-
tinguished hospitality, and that in the patriotic feast of
Fienchmen your Lordship would meet with as kind and
hearty a reception as We have this evening experienced
in your magnificent hall.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. Alderman CARDEN acknowledged the toast of
" Too Sheriffs." after which
The LORD MAYOR, in highly complimentary terms,
proposed " The health of Mr. Paxton." The toast
having been very cordially received by the conipany,
Mr. PAXTON;rOSe and said—My Lord Mayor, my
Lerds and Gentlemen, I feel extremely flattered at the
very kind reception which you have given me on this
occasion. To you, my Lord Mayor, I feel much obliged
for the honour of being present at this evening's enter-
tainment, because it is the first public opportunity,
where the Royal Commission has been present, that I
have had of thanking them for their great kindness and
cordiality in first receiving my design, and in treating
me in the way they have done.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen,
you are no doubtaiwitsgethat it is little more than a year
age ain I firstsbrotit "before' the Royal amcmissiOn
-40-slga foretbe building of the Crystal Palace.- I
assure you that, before I undertook so gigantic a task, I
weighed • ery much the responsibity I had thus taken
upon myself. I first of all remembered that the Great
Exhibition, projected by Prince Albert, was an under-
taking so vast and so glorious—so glorious in its re-
sults, if properly carried out—that I hesitated for a
considerable time before I ventured to brine my plan
for the accomplishment of Prince Albert's views before
their attention. I was induced, at length, to do so
the more readily, because I knew that I had six gen-
tlemen on that building committee who would fully ap-
preciate my exertions, and determine with the most
perfect justice whether my plan was or was not worthy
of their consideration. I felt that if it did not receive
their consideration they would at once discard it, and
would candidly inform me that I had not proposed any-
thing worthy of their consideration. Bat feeling satis-
fied that this Great Exhibition was calculated to effect
glorious results, I determined at all hazards to bring
the matter before their consideration ; and in carrying
out that design I feel that I am indebted in an extra-
ord nary degree to the profound knowledge and ability
that characterised the manner in which the contractors
undertook this vast and magnificent building.—(Cheers.)
The. arrangement of the details, the vast resources
which they brought to bear upon the work, and their
persevering determination to carry it forward, led to
Lae happy result of the building being finished in pro-
per oms.—(Loud cheers.) I must here give full credit
to all connected with that Great Exhibition for the zeal
and ability which characterised their exertions. My
Lords and gentlemen, I am us it were but in an ex of •
cio manner connected with this elaborate edifice. I
believe that Mr. Owen Jones, with his great taleut and
refined taste, has given to that building more than ordi-
nary splendour in the way he has decorated it.—
' (Cheers.) lam sorry 'cannot feel myself placed iu the
same situation as Lord Granville when he congratulated
himself and the Royal Commission that their labours are
nearly ended. I are afraid that mine are not in that exact
position. I have reared a child, and it stands in Hyde-
park.—(Hear, hoar.) Most persons, when they have
reared a child wish that it should go. Now, I ant not
anxious that that my child should go, but rather that it
should stand where it is.—(Cheers and laughter.) You,
my Lord Mayor, have very properly described the great
meeting that was held in this hall for the purpose of en-
couraging this Great Exhibition upon its first announce-
went, and I have no doubt that it was owing to the
greet exertions of the citizens of London at that great
meeting to which I have referred that we owe very
much the success which has marked its completion.
—(Hear, hear.) Now I beg and entreat of you, toy
Lord Mayor, as you came forward on that occasion that
you will now come forward again; that you will arouse
the great city of London to the necessity of petitioning
the Houses of Parliament, in order that that Great Ex-
hibition may be permitted to remain in Hyde-park as a
great monument of British enterprise.—(Cheers.) I
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missioners, that it would answer the purposes of the
Great Exhibition, I have ten times more confidence in
the opinion that it will answer the purposes to which I
have recommended it to be applied, namely, a winter
park and garden f, ",this great metr‘polie.—(Checre.)
My Lords and Gentlemen, having said so much, I have
nothing more to add, save to return my grateful thanks
for your kindness towards me, and to hope that I shall
bo dole to induce you to take the .course which I sug-
gest. (Mr. Paxton resumed his seat amid general
cheering.)
The last toast of the evening was that of the Enter-
tain:neat Committee at Guildhall, coupled with the
name of its chairman, Mr. Dakin, who briefly returned
thanks.

The Lord Mayor, followed by his guests, left the hall
shortly before eleven o'clock, and the festivities of the
evening terminated.

EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY AT TILE

LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK.

One of the most extraordinary bank robberies which
has occurred in the metropolis for some years past took
place on Saturday evening last at the west end branch
of the Lodnon and Westminster Bank in St. James's-
equere. Happily the vigilance of the police bee in this
instance effected the double object of the apprehension
of the thieves and the recovery of the property
stolen, the robbers being taken with the cashbox in
their possession within 200 yards of the scene of the
robbery.
The circumstances of the robbery may be thus
brit fly told :—About six weeks ago Inspector Lund and
Sergeant Whicher, two very active and intelligent
officers of the detective police force, while walking across
Trafalgar-square, observed a man named John Tyler,
whom they knew to be a returned convict, loitering in
the vicinity of one of the fountains. With a tact pecu-
liar to themselves they watched his movements, and
presently traced him into the Mall of St. James's-park,
where, on arriving near the "milk stands," he was
joined by an old man named William Cauty, on whose
movements the police have had an anxious eye for
some years past. Cauty and Tyler left the
park together, closely observed by the officers,
and, after taking a long round, they were
seen to enter the London and Westminster Branch
Bank, in St. James's-square. Cauty entered first,
and remained in the bank about ten minutes, when he
came out and signalled his companion to enter. It was
remarked that Tyler had a great coat upon his arm at
the time, and the movements of the two men, combined
with their known characters, induced the offieer to watch
them very narrowly. They left the bank together in
about a quarter of an hour after they had entered, and
no ground of suspicion that a robbery had been com-
mitted having arisen, Inspector Lund contented himself
with " marking them down." From this day until Sa-
turday last the two men have been kept under a close
surveillance. They have generally met daily, and fre-
quently at the same spot—the milk stand in St. James's-
park. From this place they were repeatedly watched to
the London and Westminster Bank, and Mr. Commis-
sioner Mayne having been made acquainted with the
circumstance, advised that the parties at the bank should
be put upon their guard. Mr. Inspector Luna accord-
ingly waited upon Mr. Oliver Vile, tho manager of the
West-end branch, and acquainted him with the
facts which had come to his knowledge. Mr.
Vile was naturally much alarmed, and having in-
formed Mr. Lund that on some occasions the bank
cashbox contained property to the amount of
100,0004 and that it was open to the reach of any
person in the bank when his back was turned, an ar-
rangement was made to place the moneys of the bank
in security, and to allow the cashbox, with certain
marked notes and papers, to occupy its usual petition in
the manager's counting-house. On Saturday week
Canty and Tyler were tracked to the bank, which they
both entered together, as it is believed, with the in-
tention of securing the cashbox. The entry of a ser-
geant of police, in uniform, at the same moment to
obtain change for a cheque, seems to have thwarted
the thieves on this occasion, and they again left the
bank without effecting their object. On Saturday last
Lund and Whicher again tracked Cauty to the Mall,
in St. James's-park. He arrived at the old spot about
a quarter to three o'clock, and before the hour bad
chimed Tyler joined him. The officers were compelled
to keep at a great distance in order to avoid exciting ob-
servation, but having marked their game well, they
again watched them into the London and Westminster
Bank. By the kindness of the Earl of Dartmouth, the
officers were permitted to take up their stations in the
hall of his mansion, which commands the entrance
to the bank. Cauty and Tyler left the park by
the Duke of York's steps, and after drinking
together at a public-house in Pall-mall Cauty
proceeded to the bank, which he entered alone, leaving
Tyler outside. It was remarked that Tyler, instead of
having a coat upon his arm as usual, was on Saturday
provided with a black bag. After Cauty had been in
the bank a few minutes he came out; and, raising hie
hat twice as a signal, his companion entered. In about
three minutes both the thieves were observed to leave
the bank together—the bag which Tyler carried evi-
dently containing some heavy substance. Inspector
Lund and Sergeant Whicher allowed the two men to
proceed as far as the end of Charles-street, where it
enters the Haymarket. On arriving at this point they
were both pounced upon and secured. In reply to Mr.
Lund's inquiry, Tyler admitted he bad a box in his
bag, but he declined to describe its contents. When
brought together both prisoners strenuously denied any
knowledge of each other. The parties were first con-
veyed to Scotland-yard, and subeequently to the King-
street station, where they were formally charged with
the robbery.
It is impossible to believe that the crime can have
been conceived and carried out unless with the collusion
of some parties in the bank, and great hopes are enter-
tained that the guilty individuals will be brought to jus-
tice forthwith. • .

JUNE 30, 1851.