MILITARY. FIRST INNINGS. Mr. Christie, b Russell ' 7 Mr. Ward, b Russell 4 Mr. Lambert, c Sinacox, b Russell 3 Mr. Onglow, c Lankbam, b Russell 1 Mr. Gibb, b Lankham 12 Captain Mills, b Lankbam ... 9 Private Rush, c Hastings, bLankham ... ... 0 Major Baker, b Horan ... 17 Mr. Dawaon, not out ... 12 Mr. Barnes, b Horan 0 Private Marsland, b Lankham 0 Byes, &c, 12 7T

UNITED. SECOND INNINGS. j Weetman. run out 1 Rayner, b Rush 9 Otway,bßuBh 9 Lankham, b Onslow 16 Simcox, not out 1 Horan, c Barnes, b Rush 26 Byes, &c, 6 59, i

April A sad accident occurred at the Miranda Redoubt ye«terd*y, resulting in the death of a young man named John Dalton, who was one of a party of six men -who hare been engaged in the preparation of flax in that locality. The deceased had gone out alone to shoot, and, not returning, his companions went m search of him, and found his lifeless body, and hi* gun, which had burst, plainly showing the came of the disaster. Further particulars will come to liight, as an inquest is to be held as soon as possible. Another accident of this description occurred in Papakura on Friday last, but in this case fortunately without loss of life. A fine young man, employed by Mr. Willis as his butcher, seeing a hawk pursu ing a pigeon Hose to the Terandah, took a gun from the store, which he discharged at the hawk. The gun (a double-barrelled fowling-piece) burst, shatter ing the poor fellow's hand and Wrist to such an ex tent that amputation had to be resorted to in the hospital in Auckland, whither he was removed the day after the accident.
