The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-20 00:00:00

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)

(Sittings in Banco.)
DUKE OF BRUNSWICK V. SLOMAN AND OTHERS.

This action, which was brought against the defendant,
as sheriffs' officer, and his assistants, for trespass, was
tried before the Chief Justice, at Westminster, when a
verdict was found for the plaintiff for 7201. The
defendants, it appeared, having an execution against
the plaintiff for 2204 broke into his house in the New-
road, and levied the execution, and remained in pos-
session two days.
Mr. Serjeant BrLEs now moved on the part of Slo-
man to set aside the verdict; first, on the ground that
Sloman was not present when the trespass was com-
mitted; secondly, that the damages were excessive;
and thirdly, that the verdict was against evidence. The
Learned Serjeant contended, that the other defendants,
being only Mr. Sloman's servants, he was not liable for
any trespass of their's, and that, though a master was
liable fur the negligence of his servants, he was not
responsible for any trespass they might commit, such as
breaking open the door of a house and obtaining a
forcible entry.
Mr. Serjeant WILKINS made a similar motion to the
Court on behalf of the defendants Miles and Townsend.
The Court granted a general rule.

BOW-STREET.--(THIS DAY.)
As it was expected that Mr. Steele, who is in custody
on a charge of attempting to commit suicide, would be
brought before the Court this morning, the examination
was looked forward to with great interest. It
was, however, at length announced that, so unwell was
the lion. Gentleman, he could not be brought before the
magistrate to-day. To-morrow being Good Friday, the
matter must stand over till Saturday.

CHARTIST CONVENTION.

(THIS DAY.)

The delegates met at the usual hour.
Mr. CHIT DS brought forward a motion recommend-
ing that meetings should be held throughout the
kingdom in the Easter week for the adoption of peti-
tions in favour of the Charter, and that such petitions
should be presented to the House of Commons by
the Member representing the districts in which such
petitions were agreed to.
In answer to a question put by one of the Dele-

gates,
Mr. M`GRATn said that it was the intention of
Mr. O'Connor to bring the Charter before the House
of Commons after the Easter recess.

Some further discussion took place, upon the mo-
tion of ➢lr. CHILDE, atter which, _

The CHAIRMAN (Mr. M'Grath), who supported the
motion, denied that the National Petition had been
rejected by the House of Commons. He had always
been opposed to a national petition, because he
thought that if the petitions in favour of the Charter
were presented by each of the 658 Members of the
House of Commons they would have a case a great
deal stronger in the House, and he thought that the
petitions presented in accordance with the terms of
the resolution would tend materially to strengthen
the hands of Mr. O'Connor when he brought on the
question of the Charter.
Mr. MURPHY said that his constituents had told
him that they would never sign another petition,
except with steel pens. He did not know what they
meant.—(Laughter and cheers.) He would there-
fore move an amendment to the effect that they should
not petition any more.
This amendment was ultimately agreed to.
An address to the middle classes was then agreed
to, and the Convention adjourned till Tuesday next,
at nine o'clock.

The following lines were very extensively circu-
lated among the persons present during the sittings
of the Convention to-day :

" BATTLE SONG.
" To battle ! to battle ! to battle away !
For God and our country ! On, on, to the fight !
The bright torch of Freedom shall blaze high to-day,
Or for ever be quenched in our blood ere 'tis night.
"To battle ! to battle I Arm, citizens, arm 1
The hirelings are coming ; hark, hark ! there's the
drum,
The cannon's loud rumble, the trumpet's alarm—
'Tis they—'tis our tyrants ; they're coming—they're
come.

" They're come, all besmeared with the blood of the
slain—
The martyrs of yore, uho for liberty died :
But. lo ! they are risen, they're come back again
To fight, and e'en could they, to die by our side.
" Then on ! and their blood shall like water be spilt,
To cleanse the fair land they've polluted so long,
And the sword of our vengeance be flesh'd to the hilt ;
The sword of the weak in the heart of the strong.
" For the God whose religion they've so long defil'd,
Whose holiness served as a cloak for their lust,
Shall rise in his wrath with his vengeance thrice pil'd,
And scatter for ever their pride in the dust.
" Then charge, brothers ! charge ! for your God, for
your all !
And cursed be he who cares aught for his breath!
We're free, if we conquer ; we're free if we fall.
Hurrah for our country I On Freedom or death ! "

ACCIDENT ON TILE LONDON AND NORTH:
WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Yesterday an inquest was held.
before Mr. T. Wakley, M.P., and a jury, on the body of
George Perry, aged 39, a porter in the employ of Messrs,
Chaplin and Houle, the railway carriers, who was
killed on the line of the London and North- Western
Railway. The deceased, while crossing the line of rails
at the Camden-town station, was caught between the
buffers of an engine and those of a stationary carriage,
and bruised in a shocking manner. Mr. Barker, the su-
perintendent of the railway, having stated that the com-
pany did not attribute blame to any of their officers, the
jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death."
DEATH OF A VETERAN.--Died a few day since at
Chelsea, Mr. W. Boston, at the advanced age of 91. Ile
spent the greater portion of his life in the 14th Regiment
of Foot, and when discharged was attached to Chelsea
Hospital, where ho was much respected. The greater
number of the pensioners followed his remains to the
grate, the Sergeant-majors being the pall-bearers.