29 JULY 1837, Page 12

Mr. Hawker, son of General Hawker, was killed, yesterday week,

by the accidental discharge of a gun, when with a party of friends in a boat off the island of Guernsey. Mr. Hawker, who was standing near the rigging, saw some seagulls hovering about the vessel, and called out to one of the gentlemen to shoot the birds, with this remark—" I do not think there are any shots in the gun." Upon his saying so, one of the company took hold of the gun by the muzzle, and raised it in an inclined direction, as if to ascertain whether there were shots in it or not : at that moment it went off; and, as Mr. Hawker had his arm raised at the time, the whole of the contents lodged in the pit of the right arm, and he fell down quite dead.