The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-18 00:00:00

AN AMERICAN BRAY O.

B,ojamin Lett, whose name is synonymcus with
nearly every outrage that has been perpetrated on the
frontier for the last three years, started for Auburn, at
one, P.M., yesterday, in charge of Bheliff Brown and
and constables ChM; and Smith. To prevent the pos-
ability of escape the second time, Smith and Lett were
chained together, and to-night the letter will probably
ha safely lodged in his home for the ensuing seven
years. Lett WAS born in Ireland, where he passed his
youth, and
.cherishes an inveterate and hereditary hatred
we
to the British Government. Of late years, until 1838
.tiere, he resided in the Newcz;tle District, near:
Cohourg. U.C.
a The cruelties that were infteted upon
his relatives,
and
foe
provincial t
and t e tression of himself, by some of
military authorities, as he alleges,
roused the tiger within him, and he swore vengeance.
This oath he has kept, suffering no opportunity to es-
cape of wreaking his re upon the property and
pee-sons of those against whomvnge he nourished so deadly a
acts
hatred, or of committing which he hoped would
embroil esis country and Great Britain. in a war, and
thus give him wider scope for satiating that passion,
which seems to have up all others. Pos-
seesed of great tact and knowledgeedPow of men, extraordi-
es. and activity and nary adroitness, muscular
un-
daunted courage, it is not surprising that he became a
kind of rude hero in the mind: a certain class. In
.admiration of his dating, his energy,
purpose, and perhapsmpathisingto and directness of
some extent with ,
A him in his hatred of tish domination, they
lost sight
c. f the atrocity of his acts. While at large,
, he was in-
coun-
tpies than
two
finitely more dangerous to the peace of
any other man
poenteh,enfrrohnotineor
honourable andlsle awllawr,hiof
desire continuance. of an
war must come, will rejoice that he is at last secured.
ijis versVnal appearance is ordinary—such a
you might,-'s a thousand times in the street, Inwiat
.-t•
n a
is ' t
neticing astrtking to excite curiosity ; and it is probablya°
awing to tlso a'ssence of those physical distinctive traits
which we n:re apt to associate with such a character,s
that he has so long successfully eluded pursuit. He i;
about five feet ten inches high, with rather light hair,
and bluish gray eyes ; and it is only by close examina-
tion that one is able to discover the evidences of the
remarkaule muscular power and activity he is known to
possess. Aitier his arrest, and being properly secured,
he bore the sasatter with great appirent equanimity,
"'Pis' remarking there had been treachery somewhere,
sad that he would " hide his time." Tie day before
he was arrested, Sunday afternoon, he came over from
Canada. Since his escape teem the Sheriff of Oswego
,vt,ounty, has been to Ohio, ;Michigan, and Illinois,
most of the time he has been lurking on the fron-
le.r of this St tte.—iitti: Com.

A MICIIABLISSAS GOOSE.-011
r Mr. Baber,
a robbery was committed at the mansion., lam,
.11 c,..,_
an balependent Saturday last
,rentleman residing at Hat s _
,1
_.°.,t,t'a
. aqa(ltr tho f.illowitg eirctunstasces:—Mr. Bailer 1,
vel7 eccentric character. and has a great taste
rflor
ed that
tinl.oy. Oa the day in question he was into n
..nary :t man had eailed to say there was a most extraordle
~.d
ornt-
white bird, hi;,rzer than a goose, in his park. Th o 1
gentleman immediately summoncd his groom and coach-
man, and all parties having armed them Selves with guns,
sallied firthto shoot the wonderful white bird. They
}Lad not been absent loug when the alarm bell at the
tnansion sounded. On arriving at the home they found
that
the minimaid-servant locked in an upper room. She stated
white bird ediately after their departure to shoot the great
, the same
41ra m
gg an got in ?t the parlour window,
e,l her up st4irg, and made her disclose where her
rnutor's money wss kept. The thief then broke open a
desk, andat
t cashe rytedwas otY a
stqrucuantity of sovereigns. The girl
sk twice on the head with a
hammer, although there talc`' on
Mark left. She was
apprehended, and underwent an examination before the
:Magistrates, but ss there 13 no trace at present to the
isleaLT, she was discharged. A young man, who "kept
was near the spot at the time. It is ex-
her company,"
pt.oted that the guilty party will shortly be brought to
jue' •tice IV I3,tber, on returning home, confessed i:e
•
,hiln."-olf Ilia been the goose in this allkir.-IVorcester ,
ChAnkle. .