The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-23 00:00:00

NEW ASSISTANT BARISTERS.

The Dublin Mercantile Advertiser says :—" The ar-
rangements for the superannuation of a number of assistant
barristers are in progress; and, when they:are completed, a
meeting of the Privy Council will be specially convened, in
accordance with the act of last session, for creating vacan-
cies. According to the statements that have reached us the
following names are likely to be submitted to the Lord Lieu-
tenant in Council for superannuation :—Messrs. E. Tickell
Armagh
P. P.M.M. Murphy, Cavan ; .
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E. Major, Clare ;'J.
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Henn, Donegal; T. Jones, Down; Hon. J. Plunkett, Meath;
R. Nuno, Tyrone; Jas. Bessonet, aterford ; J.V. Leadrick,
Wicklow. *Those names arethat nine in number ; but it is pro-
bable, in the first instance, only six will be selected for
superannuation. Mr. Jonathan Hcnn, who has occupied a
very distinguished position at the Irish bar, has, it is stated,
expressed a wish to retire ; and it is prohable his nephew, Mr.
Rice Henn, will he one of the new assistant barristers. We
have learned also that Mr. Thomas Lefroy, Q.C., second son
of the Lord Chief Justice, and Mr. E. Pennefather, Q.C.,
nephew of Baron Pennefather, will be amongst the new ap-
ointments. Amongst those spoken of as successful candi-
Q.C.,,and Messrs. Molyneux, Black-
dates are Mr. Otway,
hurtle (con of the Lord Justice of Appeal), Lane, Vance, and
L Purcell."
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DEPLORABLE ACCIDENT AT LONDONDERRY.
In connection with the visit of his Excellency the Lord
Lieutenant to Londonderry, there is ore melancholy acci-
dent to record, by which the lives of two men have been
placed in imminent danger. It would appear that, waiting
the arrival of his Excellency from the trip down the Lougit
with the Harbour Commissioners, two guns, one of them
a very large one, were placed opposite that part of the quay
where the stainer was to arrive. At two p.m. a shot was fired
fr3m each gun. Before reloading both guns were sponged, as
It is called, or cleaned out, to prevent any fire being left in-
side. When, however, the charge was being rammed home
in the large gun, the person keeping his thumb on the vent
hole incautiously lifted it, and the air thus get:ing in, caused
some remaining sparks in the gun to ignite the charge, end
in an instant the two men at the muzzle were blown away.
One of them was actually lifted up into the air, and fell a
bleeding mass. Fearful to relate, both arms of one of the
men, and one arm of the other, were shot right off into the
river along with the rammer, and the men sustained some
other serious injuries. Part of their clothes were lite-
rally torn into shreds, and strewn around. Both were taken
to the infirmary, where every care was given them. They
are lying in a most critical state at present.
INTIMIDATION IN THE KING'S COUNTY.

A local journal contains the following mragraph, from
which it appears that the agricultural population of this
county are still suffering from the discontent already alluded
to in these columns :—" A few nights since a number of
mea Cgild at the boom 01114 mp, who Are farm labourera

in the employment of Mr. John Sills, of Derrinboy, near
Frankford, is this county, and ordered each of them, at the
peril of a second asd retributory visit, not to reap the corn-
fields of that gentleman with a scythe, and with no other
implement, if required to do so, than the more slow and
popular reaping-hook. No violence was used, as those men
have stated, except the threats of punishment if they disre-
garded this mandate. Mr. Sills is the owner of an extensive
farm, which he works in a high state of cultivation. It is
likewise asserted that a threatening notice to the same
effect was found posted near their residences, but this was
not given up to or found by the police, and the men state
that they do not know who were their nocturnal visitors."

WRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE.
The annexed despatch was received by telegraph from
Queenstown this day :
" The barque May Flower, Capt. Platt, from New
Orleans to Nantes. Cargo, staves, and nine passengers
capsized on the 3d inst., in a gale of wind. Lat. 41 north,
long. 44 west. 15 bands lost. Capt. Platt and seven
others having got on the wreck after she righted, were picked
off by the American barque Caird, from Darien, and landed
at Queenstown yesterday. The captain's wife was washed
off the wreck."