The Sun.
London, England, 1838-07-11 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

Q UEEN- S QUARE.
Thomas Flower, a silversmith, was yesterday charged with
6,reing his way into the Picture Gallery of- Buckingham

W. Randall, Esq., one of her Majesty's pages. stated that,
on Monday hight, he was in attendance on the Royal person.
About hall-past eleven o'clock, her Majesty having retired to
rest, he had occasion to pass through the Picture Gallery on
his way to the drawing-room, when he found the defendant
itA on one of the chairs, apparently contemplating the
beluties of the paintings. Witness asked him what he wanted
there at that unseasonable hour ? The defendant either could
not or would not return any answer, and witness sought the
assistance of other pages, and they contrived, with great re.
sistance on the defendant's part, to remove him from his near
proximity to her Majesty, into one of the under apartments.
The Honourable Sir Charles Murray, Master of the Queen's
Household, then gave orders for the defendant's removal
to the statiod-housc, which was accomplish2d with some diffi-
culty.
Thomas Cook, B 4, stated that, with the assistance of four
brother constables, and two privates of the Rifles, he conveyed
the defendant to the station-house, having previously to strap
Li; arms and lee's. The defendant had, nevertheless, contrived
to tear witness's trousers with his teeth.

Mr. WHITE remarked it' was usciess to ask the defendant
any queftions, as he was cvidendy not cognizant of his own
actions.

Defendant—l ran assure you I have had peat difficulty in
finding my way through the various windings and passages of
tl e Palace ; and as I ant in the habit of going there frequently,
I hope you will order the ways to be made less puzzling.
The defendant then paused for a considerable time, and then:
suddenly said, he had a charge to make twainst the police for
tying his arms and legs, and commanded 'that they should im-
inzAtztely be put in the dock.
Mr. WnrrE said that the defendant's friends must be
sera to. sad be should insist upon their becoming sureties fo,
his good conduct for the next three months, otherwise he muss
send him to prison in default. It was his opinion that the de-
f• ndant should be immediately sent to some lunatic asylum, and
not suff•red to roam the streets at large.
The defendant was then removed.

CIIINA.—A letter from St. Petersburg, datea Jt• Oe
03, says We learn from Pekin, where a mission from the G.leck
Church of Russia has existed, since the time of Peter tie Great, thi.t
u?,vertis of 300.000 Chinese have embraced Christianity, and that, them
every reason to believe that all persecution of Chri.tians was on the
point of ceasing. The Emperor himself is said to have studied Christi.
anity, and to hold it in respect; whtle, at his accession to the throne,.
Christian blood was frequtntly made to flow. The rigorous laws against:
the Christians now exist only on paper, and their executi.uu is intrusted
to such Mandarins alone a:, are favourable to the Christians. The law
of 1836, although in terms applying to all Christians, Wai direetad
solely against the English, of whose political influence the Eni:)eror
began to be afraid. There are, in China, several Vicaria's, whose chiefs.
are to be found at Pekin, Nankin, and Itlacao."
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