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And tlio whole number on the 30tli April was 1 superintendent, 4 inspectors, 25 sergeants,and 334 constables.
For the arrangements of Police for tho State ceremonial of the opening of tho Exhibition onthe 1st May by tho Queen, I beg to refer to the orders (copies of which are transmitted). Amemorandum of tho Military arrangements in aid of the Police on that day is also transmitted.
I had much pleasure in acknowledging by my letter of May the 2nd to Secretary Sir GeorgoGrey the valuable assistance I received from Captain Owen, Royal Engineers, tho other officersof tho Royal Engineers, and a detachment of tho corps of Royal Sappers and Miners doingduty at the Exhibition. I took that opportunity, also, to express my acknowledgments toColonel, now Sir William, Reid, K.C.B., Chairman of tho Executive Committee, for his ableco-operation, which had been most valuable to me on all occasions sinco tho charge of thoExhibition had been undertaken by the Police.
On tho 26th May tho Exhibition was open for tho first time to visitors paying one shillingonly, and it was stated in tho order to the Police for that day—“As much larger numbers ofvisitors may be expected on tho days when tho price of admission is only a shilling, specialarrangements of Police will bo made for the safe and speedy admission of tho visitors at eachentrance, to prevent crushing, or tho admission of more than tho Building can properly receive,and to enable all admitted to move about within the Exhibition.”
Regulations wore issued as to the lines of movement of tho visitors, and for various othercases, in the event of a more active interference by tho Police becoming necessary to preserveorder. Also for closing tho entrances if tho crowds within tho Building should make such astep necessary. It never was found necessary, however, to closo tho entrances, and after a shorttime tho regulations as to the linos of moving of the visitors wero not strictly enforced, thoPolice interfering only at particular points whero the crowding of visitors became dangerous,or caused obstruction.
Tho general arrangements of Polieo continued tho same from this time until tho closing oftho Exhibition on tho 15th October. Tho numbers of tho Police on duty inside tho Buildingwore increased on each Monday and Tuesday, as on those days tho visitors wero usually muchmore numerous ; and as tho time for the closing the Exhibition drew near, the number ofvisitors increased so greatly that it was found necessary to increase tho Police also. Returnsare transmitted, showing the numbers of the Police employed at tho several periods stated.Tho Polieo wore finally withdrawn from tho Exhibition Building on the 14th January, 1852, ahtho goods having been then removed.
Upon tho closing of tho Exhibition to visitors, measures wero taken to reduce tho augmenta-tion of tho Police forco made on account of tho Exhibition, and on tho 17th October and 5thNovember, 1851, the orders, copies of which aro transmitted, on this subject, wero issued.
On the 3rd November, 1851, Secretary Sir Georgo Grey transmitted to tho Commissionersthe copy of a letter from tho Royal Commissioners of tho Exhibition, expressing thoir highsouse of tho admirable conduct of tho Police force, and stating that they had awarded thosum of £2,710 to be distributed in gratuities to those of tho Police who wore employed in con-nexion with tho Exhibition. I submitted, by my lotter of 20th November, 1851, a scheme fortho distribution of this sum, which was approved by Sir George Grey .
A very handsome silver tea-pot had been given, in tho month of August, to SuperintendentPearce, by command of tho Queen, as a mark of iter Majesty’s appreciation of tho constant zeal,intelligence, and discretion shown by him when in attendance upon Her Majesty on tho occa-sion of the Queen’s frequent visits to tho Exhibition ; and a handsome gold watch to InspectorJohn Bockorson and Inspector Robert Loster, as a mark of approval of their attention in thodischarge of their duties when in attendance upon Her Majesty and tho Princesses on tho occa-sion of their visiting tho Exhibition. A handsome gold watch was presented to InspectorNassau Smith O’Brien, from the Prince of Wales, as a token of appreciation of his great at-tention when in attendance upon His Royal Highness and tho Prince Alfred at the Exhi-bition. Numerous presents wore made by sovoral of the Exhibitors to individuals of thoPolice in testimony of thoir sorvicos.
In reference to the organization of tho Police forco for the duties in connexion with tho Ex-hibition, arrangements wero mado to obtain a certain number of tho Police of foreign cities andof our own provincial towns from whence criminal characters might come hero for the purposeof committing crime. It was considered that those Police officers would bo very useful inpointing out such criminal characters to tho Metropolitan Polieo in order that they might bokept under observation to provent them committing crime. The foreign and provincial Policeand interpreters wero placed under tho immediate directions of Major (now Lieutenant-Colonel)Paschal, who was well qualified for tho duties, and by his knowledge of modern languages abloto communicate with strangers of other countries. I transmit a return of tho number offoreign and provincial Polieo and interpreter's employed, and a report by Lieutenant-ColonelPaschal as to the satisfactory results of thoir employment.
A Police station was erected at the Prince’s Gate in the Park ; tho Polieo duties at tho Ex-hibition were carried on from this. The Police assembled there, tho reserves remained inreadiness, and cells for confinement of prisoners wore provided ; communication by tho electrictelegraph between tho office of tho Commissioners of Police and this station was constantlykept up.