The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-19 00:00:00

Desperate Encounter with a Burglar.

Early on Monday morning Mr. J. Brass, shoe-
maker, of the London-road, Worcester, was aroused
by a noise in the lower part of his house; and Lav-
ing a suspicion that some one had broken into his
premises, he got up and dressed himself, and, armed
with a stick having a knot at its end, left his bed:
room to search the house. He had Rot gone far,
however, before he saw a man in the lower floor,
with a lighted candle in his hand. The noise made
by Mr. Brass had attracted the thief's attention, and
seeing that he wasobserved, he knocked out the light
and made for the window to effect his escape. Mr.
Brass was, however, too quick for him ; and as the
man was getting out of the window dealt him a heavy
blow on the back with the weapon with which
he had armed himself. This brought the vagabond
to the ground, and then Mr, Brass seized him. A
frightful struggle ensued, the burglar grasping Mr.
Brass by the throat and endeavouring to overcome
him. Nevertheless, by dint of courageous and
steady perseverance Mr. Brass succeeded in keeping
the upper bend, and in self defence gave the fellow
a tremendous thrashing, is spite of his calls for his
" pal" to come to his assistance. The encounter
continued until the arrival of Police-sergeant
Holmes and a city constable, into whose custody
Mr. Brass delivered his antagonist, and went with
them to the station-house. Another struggle was,
however, yet in store for him, for as they passed
through the London- road turnpike the min darted
in front of his custodiansand was making off. Again
Mr. Brass pursued him, and in a few strides Was
sufficiently near to arrest his progress by another
blow, and he was ultimately secured and handed
over to Superintendent Philips, the burglary
having been committed outside the city boundary.
For some time the fellow refused to give his name,
but ultimately said he was John Brown, of Thomas-
street, Worcester. On Monday he was brought
before Mr. H. B. Tymbs, at the office of the county
magistrates' clerk. He presented a very sorry
figure, one eye being entirely closed, and his face
exhibiting signs of the effectiveness of Mr. Brass's
blows. The case was merely opened, and prisoner
remanded till Friday. He had effected an entrance
to the premises by removing
.a pane of glass from
the kitchen window, and cutting through the shut-
fel s with a sharp chisel. Having succeeded thus
far he got in, and in mounting a table which stood
under the window, he knocked something oil
which, falling to the ground, broke a plate, and oc-
casioned the noise that awoke Mr. Brass. He was
also prepared with a sharp knife.

THE SURVIVORS OF THE BATTLE OF THE NILE,
fought on the Ist of August, 1793.—0n1y seven now sur-
vive, namely, Admiral Sir James Gordon, G C. 8., Gover-
nor of Greenwich Hospital; Captains John Pearse, John
Forbes, and John George Phillips; Commander Richard
Lock Connolly (all the above were midshipmen in the
battle) ; First Lieutenant of Royal Marines John Scobell,
and Surgeon George Bellamy, M.D.
PitoßEsSoii. FARADAY, it seems, has been recently
emulating Mr. C. Kean in the character of a parson, the
learned Professor having preachgd ou Slinclay altemoon iu
the Cilassite Church, Dundee.