Local applicants for shares in the National Insurance Company can now receive the num ber allotted to them by application to the agents, Messrs I. Hallenstein and Co. We understand applicants in this district have been very liberally treated in the allotment; and considering the high premium at which shares now stand, investors mny congratulate them selves ou having secured a good thing. About twelve o'clock on Monday night a messenger arrived in town with the intelligence that a miner at Moonlight Creek, named Arthur Hassett, had received dreadful injuries by a fall of earth in his claim that evening. It was known, said the messenger, that one of Hassett's legs was broken, if not both, besides other injuries. Dr was called for, and with praiseworthy alacrity that gentleman at once started back with the messenger to where the injured man was. 'lhe night was very dark, and the track to Moonlight is none of tne best, so that it was pretty far into the morning before the doctor reached his destination. Upon examination it was found that the unfortunate man had both legs broken between the knee and thigh, and had also sustained two severe cuts on his head. With considerable difficulty —there being no appliances at hand in the out of the-way spot where the man was—Dr Scott splintered the broken limbs, and alleviated the acute agony of Ilassett. A stretcher was pre pared, and a large number of fellow-miners volunteered their services to convey the injured man to Arthur's Point, where Mr D. Powell kindly met I hem with his trap, and from thence took the sufferer to the Hospital, where he arrived about four o'clock yesterday afternoon. From what we can hear, it seems that Hassett and his mate (Thomas Kane) have a sluicing claim at Moonlight Creek, and are living a con siderable distance from any other miners. Hassett was working at the face with his pick when suddenly a slip to;>k place, completely burying him, his mate, Kane, having a very narrow escape. After a task ot no ordinary difficulty, Kane managed to extricate Hassett, who was insensible, and to all appearance dead. He then had to'carry him a considerable dis tance—over very rough ground—to their hut, from whence he went to procure assistance, (ireat credit is due to Kane for the pluck and endurance he exhibited in his trying position. 