The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-31 00:00:00

THE GERMAN RIFLE FESTIVAL.

The leading columns of the New Free Press of Vienna
are filled with a festival song of greeting to the members
of the German Rifle Association now assembled in Vienna
by " Anastasius Grun" (Count Antony Alexander von
Auersperg). The first festival of the association was held
in Frankfort, under the auspices of the Duke of
Coburg. The second was held in Bremen, and
the third is now being held in Vienna. No fewer
than 300 targets have been erected, and the sum laid out
in preparation amounts to more than £20,000. Members
from all parts of Germany flocked to the festival-300
from Munich, 400 from Frankfort, 500 from Stuttgard,
from 1,500 to 2,000 from Saxony, 10,000 from the Austrian
provinces. Large contingents have come from Switzer-
land, Belgium, Alsace, Lorraine, &c., &c. The Germans
of Alexandria have sent 1,000 florins to the committee,
the German colony of Puerto Rico a siiver drinking horn.
The Germans in Paris have got up a subscription for a
orize to the rifle marksmen at Vienna. It consists of a
laver cup with stand and cover, and weighs altogether
Dlbs. Two angels, one on each side, form the handles ;
and on the surface between them is the inscription—on
one side " The Germans in France to their brethren in
Vienna," and on the other " For the 3rd German Federal
Shooting Match, Paris, July 1868."
At the banquet given to the riflemen, the Austrian
Nlinister of the Interior, in reply to a toast by Mitter-
mayer, of Heidelberg, said : You have honoured by an
enthusiastic toast the men who, honoured by the con-
fidence of the Emperor, and possessing the confidence
of the people—(bravos)—are now directing the Govern-
ment. These men have undertaken the task in the
confidence that Austria, though severely tried, was
not yet dead--(loud cheers)—in the conviction that this
great power was but ill from false maxims of government
—(bravos)—in the conviction that Austria may become a
giant if she has her arms free—those arms which have
been tied by ignorance and unforfunate treaties. (Pro-
longed cheering.) They know that it is only by loosen-
ing these old fetters that she can put an end to the com-
pression of her intellectual and economic life, and they are
persuaded that Austria can recover her strength on the
free road of progress. As Austria is to-day, thanks to the
Emperor, one of the freest States in the world— (" true,
true")—Austria will become, by the policy of progress
which her Government is pursuing, that which you all
desire. (Prolonged applause.) Assured of all your
assent, I drink, therefore, to the future of Austria re-
newing her youth in the path of progress. (Enthusiastic
cheers.)

LAW AND POLICE.
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RISK ALLAH AND HIS DAMAGES IN THE RECENT
LIBEL CASE.-At the Lord Mayor's Court, the Recorder
gave judgment in an application which had been made to
discharge an order for attaching the £960 which had been
awarded Risk Allah in the action for libel against the pro-

pl4.etors of the Daily Telegraph newspaper. The plaintiffs
were the City o:lices Company (Limited), and it being
averred that the defendant, Risk Allah, was indebted to
the company, it was sought to attach the amount of the
damages in the hands of the garnis&s, the proprietors of
the paper. The defendant contended that this ought not
to be done, as judgment had not been signed. The learned
Recorder refused to make the order.

THE MURDER OF A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. —After
an examination which lasted the whole of the day, the grand
jury returned a true bill against George Harris, who stands
charged with the wilful murder of a commercial traveller,
named Barnard Zusman, at Stirchley, on the 15th of Novem-
ber last. Since the committal of the accused additional
evidence has been obtained. which will be forthcoming at
the trial, which it is expected from the complicated nature
of the evidence, will last at least two days.
FORGING A POST OFFICE SAVINGS' BANK RECEIPT—
Rosetta Birley was charged at the Manchester Assizes
with forging a Post Office Savings Bank receipt for £35.
In being called upon for her plea, the prisoner said that
what she had done was done under the unfluence of her
husband. Prisoner had been lodging with a man who
passed as her husband at the house of a woman named
Mary Boucher, at Walham Greenwith. They disappeared
from their lodgings, and at the same time a large amount
of property was missed belonging to Miss Boucher, includ-
ing a post.office savings bank book. Subsequently it was
ascertained that the prisoner had presented the book at
the Knot Mill Branch Bank, Manchester, and obtained
the money on a forged order. Being found guilty the
accused was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment.
SHOOTING A TENANT AT SCARBOROUGH.—At the York
Assizes, Thomas Lee was indicted for shooting at William
Constantine with intent to murder him. The prisoner
was landlord of some houses at Scarborough, one of which
was inhabited by the prosecutor, who owed some arrears of
rent. On the 4th May the prisoner threatened the pro-
secutor, and on the 30th rushed into his house and
demanded the rent. A dispute ensued as to the repairs of
the premises, and the prisoner cried out, " I'll settle you,"
and Constantine, being alarmed, rushed into the next
apartment, but was quickly followed by the prisoner, who
fired a pistol at his tenant, and severely wounded him.
An alarm was at once given, and Lee was taken into cus-
tody, but not before he had endeavoured to put an end to
his own existence. The jury found the accused guilty,
and he was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude.

DAMAGES FOR SHOOTING A MAN. —At the same assizes
an action was brought by the widow and children of the
late George Bulmer for damages sustained by his death,
which took place as alleged through the negligence of a
youth, named Harris.. The deceased was a master builder
living at Middlesborough, and the defendant is a boy of
about 19. One day last autumn the deceased, the defen-
dant, and four friends were engaged in pigeon shooting.
The deceased, who was waiting for his gun, was standing
behind the line of shooters, about 3ft. or 4ft. from them, and
3ft. or 4ft. from the boundary fence of the field. A pigeon,
which was slightly wounded, flew behind the shooters, and
when it was quite in the rear the defendant fired at it,
and in doing so shot the deceased through the head,
causing instantaneous death. The defence was that the
deceased contributed to the accident by standing where he
did. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—
Damages, £230.
ALLEGED EXTENSIVE FRAUD.—At Marylebone
court, Henry &dwell, described as the secretary to the
Foreign Girls' Protection Society, of 20, Pelham-crescent,
Brompton, was brought up in custody charged with
fraudulently obtaining possession of a horse and brougham
from Richards and Co., Plimnix-yard, Oxford-street.
The prisoner, it appeared, went to Messrs. Richards and
produced a prospectus of a society having the above head-
ing, and said he was to engage a horse and brougham, by
' order of the committee, for the purposes of the society.
Since the hiring it was ascertained the society had •no
existence, mid the prisoner was given into custody. A
second case was gone into where prisoner obtained five
hair brushes, as he stated, fur the girls in the "
The prisoner pawned them the same day. As it is expected
a number of cases will be brought against him, Mr. Mans-
field remanded him.

TFFE BENI-ZOUG-ZOUG ARABS.—At the Southwark
Police-court, Hadji Ali Ben Mahommed, the sheik of the
Beni-Zoug-Zoug Arabs, performing at the Crystal Palace,
was summoned by two of the troupe, named El adji Abdallah
and Mahommed Ben Hassein, for unlawfully detaining a
quantity of wearing apparel and costumes, their property.
The complainant had been engaged with the rest of the
troupe to come from Morocco to perform in London, and
their engagements having expired, they demanded their
apparel, which ths defendants refused to give up. Tito
ca.s_3 was acilcurne,4in order that the cotsul mar attspd,