The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-04-16 00:00:00

A CAUTION TO FARMERS.

The followisi: meet singular iostatice of ferocity
la the eat *peens, ma), be relied on as a 'tact :—Un
INseedsig last, Mr. G. Burton, steward to Johu
=. Zee. of &Wham, had an ewe died, which
a very fine limb; he took the ewe away,
end the lamb did net seem to regret the low of
it. are, but fed en the turnips with the other large.
Leah; going his rounds early the next morning.
tared this lamb lying dead, with kis neck
and its eyes out, which %mock. surprised
Meth *ng le* it quite well at dosk tite preceding
eve*ag; suppeetog it too early.to be Mn. by
Brows, he took it home and Bayed it, When it
masthead to have a small hole in its neck about
the size of s game god, .and just below it a small '
place about thelizeoei s sixpence, with the wool
o 4 sad apparently about half through the skin,
and the teal, with part of the skin scrabbled off' the
hied quarter, about the Use of his three lingers,
the wool lying in small knots by it when found.
On looking amongst the othemeolutifnond there
were two mere Irving, and following their dams
with their Becks bloody, and in the same state as
before described in the dead one. In the afternoon
of Wednesday, the small one of the other two died,
on laying it, its neck was found to be in the same
state, swelled and much gangrened, the blood
much settled in its neck. In the afternoon, Mr.
John Sauna,* near neighbour, to whom Mr:But-
tes had related the above circumstance. sent his two
servants down to biro with a large male cat, as
jedging him to be the murderer' by the following
circumstance :--His servants having two kittens on
the bay-left, near half grown, and as they. always
bad been in the habit of coming down into the
stable the time of feeding the horses. and not hay-
ing seen them in the course of the day, one of the
men went up to see if he could Ana them, and
feeling where they used to lie, this cat was found
lying by them. and running down into an out-
house, they shut the door and secured him (he
having been seen, for three or four years, on dif-
ferent premises in Bentham). On taking the kit-
tens, they were found toles sucked just under the
ear. in the same way as the lambs were, and one
of them having the hind part and half he body,
with its insides eaten up. On opening the cat's
body, a part of the skin of the kitten was found in
its stomach, and a foot of it whole; and some small
pieces of wool. Mr. Burton had observed, one
morning last week, when the ground was covered
by snow, the footing of a cat quite around the
turnips, and among the ewes and lambs ; but yet
he sever thought a cat would interrupt the lambs,
and, had not the above circumstance *mimed, he
believes it had never been discovered, unless he had
• absolutely seen him attack the lambs; he, there-
fore. advises all persons seeing these wild cats
strolling about, to destroy theni, as the above eir-
emostanee is a proof of their pernicious qualities.
On
On Monday morning last, Mr. Beisrow, of the
Vneentasens' Arms, Lincoln, was found drowned in
a woad on the West Common ; he hail walked out
early to look at his grounds and stock. lie was
observed of late to be in a very low way ; but
whether the misfortune happened by accident or
intention, is not yet known. Medical advice hail
been procured for him the eveuing before the me-
lancholy catastrophe took place, and his Lundy
hail no suspicion of the lamentable event that
web 'nonrated to them.
The late Mr. LAMBERT. the stock-broker, whose
deranged affairs drove him to tho dreadful relief of
suicide, last week, to prevent himself from leaviiez
open his iron chest by negligence, forgetfulness, or
hurry. had the key of it aloays fastened to his body
by a eisain..--(Sseej

SMITHFIELD, APRIL 15.

This day's Market bad a middling supply of different kinds
of Cattle. Beef, Pork, and Vral, are dearer thou our last
report. Mutton and Lamb sold at last price, and the trade
in general was nut Orel he irk. The sales us alas Hav-inarkrt
were inconsiderable. Hay and Clover have got up in I,rwe
since Monday's Market. Straw has dropped in price. The
untlerrisentioned prices and natatices are an accurate state •
anent :••• _

To sink the offelper stews of sib.

Reef, ... so. Ina to so. QA,

Head of Cattle this Day :

Mutton 311. tad to so. od.
Lomb od. to es ed.
Pork se. oit. to 7e. od.
Veal ....is 114. is Ss. 04.
SMITHFIELD

Hay 51. os.
Straw I. Ist.
Clover... —6l. M.