Shot his grandmother

A shocking accident, arising from a want of caution in disposing of fire arms, happened last week at Wainfleet, All Saints. A boy, nine years of age, named Wm. Audis, happening to take up a gun which his grandfather, Mr. Ashlin, had set in a corner without drawing the loading, presented it at Mrs. Ashlin, and in an instant shot her dead, the whole charge of the piece entering her breast. The consternation and grief of the family cannot be described.