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New Zealander, Volume XXII, Issue 2393, 3 April 1865, Page 2

An Attempt at Burglary, was made during Saturday night on the premises of a jobbing watchmaker of the name of Raven, residing in Albert-street, who being in bed at the time, his attention was attracted to *he raising of the window of the room, and the appearance of a man’s hand being inserted through the opening. He immediately jumped ont of bed witn the intention of securing the thief, who, however, proved too quick for him, and managed to effect his escape. The burglar was," doubtless, attracted to the room from the fact of-there being a number of watches and other articles of jew elleiy obserable in it. Accidents to Chu drew are becoming very rife in this city. We hear of two children, one of whom had its leg broken on Friday morning last by being run over by some horses which were either being driven loose or were running loose at the time. The other child was also much bruised and hurt, although we believe in this instance there were no bones broken. Hawke’s Bat, —We have files of the Hawke’s Bay Herald and the Times to the 29th ultimo there is not a single line of news in either that has not ahead appeared in our columns. Deserter —A man named Cummings, a deserter from the Royal Artillery, was arrested and brought to town on fatnrday by Sergeant Mol oy, assisted by constables Merrigan and Tenehan. The man, who was taken in the Kiapara, was one among the number who escaped from the F-rt Brittomart Barracks about a fortnight since. Breach of the Police Act. —Peter Tope Fag* was, on Saturday, fined in the sum of 10s. for a breach of the above Act. 1 his was the on’y case before the Court. Messrs. O’Neiil and Horne heard the case. Fatal Acc dent. - A fatal accident occurred on Saturday afternoon, about fonr o’clock, at the house of Mr. John Patterson, in Cook* street. It appears that one of Mr, Patterson’s children, a little boy about nine years of age, had taken a gnn from behind the bedroom door, and having procured some caps, was amusing himself with placing them on the nipple and discharging them, not knowing the gnn was loaded, his sister, Mary Patterson, a girl twelve years old, on bearing the snapping of the caps, ran out of the kitchen to tell the boy to pnt the gnn down, bnt by the time she got half way along the passage of the hones, the lad bad pat another cap on, and not seeing his sister, pulled the trigger again. The gnn went off, and the whole charge of shot struck the unfortunate girl on the left: side of the neck, killing her instantly. Dr. Hooper was immediately sent for, but of course could do nothing, the vital spark having fled. To add to the distress of the family, the boy, on seeing what he had done, went off into strong convulsions, and from which be was with difficulty recovered. An inquest on the body of the unfortunate deceased will, we understand, be held at the Criterion Hotel, Hobson-street, this day, at noon.

The Weld mode of Government.—'We understand that all the gentlemen employed in the General Government Survey Office, from Major Heaphy, the head of the department downwards, have received intimation that at the expiry of this month their services will nut be required. We are informed tbe.t other departments have also been served with similar notiaes.

Exhibition of Zebras, toe. Messrs. Greenberg and Foley commenced the exhibition of their zebras in the Greyhound Hotel, on Saturday last. The animals which are both very healthy and handsome specimens of their class, were imported to Meibom ne by a Mr. Gillam, where they were exhibited at the Union Hotel in that city for the space of seventeen weeks, after which they were purchased by

Mr. Billing for £3OO, and taken to Sjdnav ui there exhibited at hia menagerie animals for six months. Mr. Foley then became the purchaser of them, under whose ® management they have been completely T notwithstanding the few weeks that he tahajpl them in his possession. Another interestl* feature in connection with this esldhuioa is jfcil Empress of Siam’s watch, of which no cription can giro an adequate idea of i* ‘ and magnificence. As a ip>viiuen of craft, it is without exception one of the valuable and cleverly wrought that we Rnem. her to have seen. ! hia trinket which uny at £IOO, was taken to Sydney by Mr. having been purchased at the sale of valggSl offered at the conclusion of the rebel riots, was exhibited in the window ol the shop of vw Cook, jeweller, of Pitt-street, Sydney fcT* length o‘ time, where it attracted a coafeJl crowd ol admiring spectators. Mr. Foley tfe became the purchaser of it at a large fim? The Shape of the trinket if that ol aISS hand reticule slung round the wrist ol a soßl gold hand of beautiful workmanship. Boned the wrist of the hand th> re is an eiegandyebt embroidered cuff ornamented at intervals br s seri-s of valuable rabies. The chain by sM the trinket is supposed to be carri d is % clast cable one, also gold. The outer dap to omb , ; the trinket is fastened with ■ diamond vi at £3i>. An open network of gold coven tbs face of the watch, by opening which ihe-wskb can be taken oat. The watch i self is « 1 one of very elegan* workmanship, being |W the circumference of a trio shilling piec*. face is an open white one, and the btek bssotilully enamelled in hlne, having in the esn|m'■ a star composed of seven small diamonds. Tbs usual appendages all of gold very png]|* devised are attached to the reticule, the wbofe , being enclosed in a neat morocco case. We strongly recommend all tho-e who have notni seen this really beautiful spccimi n of art to hie ; no time in doing so, and we feel convinced tbst ; no ore will regret the payment of thssmiH 1 entrance fee of a shilling which is demanded. A large number of visitors, especially ladits, ■ attended on Saturday, an i there would doubti less have been many more had it been generally , known that the exhibition had opened. 1 I The Opitiki Mdhder.—Some Interesting i but mournful detai s connected with the nmrd« . of the late lamented Mr.Volckner are furnished at the shop of Mr. Asher, jeweller, m Quest- | street, where may be seen the pulley and rope r , by means of which the atrocious murder wes 1 committed ; as also the block ot wood spot which poorVolkner’s bead was subsequently 1 chopped from his body. Those articles wen brought up to town by some of the crew of the . s.hooner * liJclipse.’