... A SPORTING BET.—Mr T. Lucas, of Bridgeview, county Clare, engaged, for a wager of £20, to bag 20 brace of snipe within a given time (from eight till four o'clock), and actually succeeded in shooting 22 brace of snipe, a hare, and a brace of quail, all of which were bagged before half-past three. RINGING THE CHANGES WITH A VENGEANCE.— On Tuesday last, an occurrence of an extraordinary nature ...

... C 0 R R E S P 0 N D E NCE. « ST. DAVID'S COLLEGE. TO THE EDITORS OF THE GAZETTE & GUARDIA.V St. David's College, Jan. 4, 1841. GENTLEMEN,—I have lately received the subjoined official letter rrolll the Bishop of St. David's, Visitor of St. David's College. The new regulation which it announces is the result of mature consideration and some experience, and has not been adopted without a full ...

... BIRTH. On the 7th inst., at Coitrahen, in this county, Mrs Philip Sheppaid. of a son. MAKU1 AGES. On the 11th instant, at 'Nolton nhapel, Bridgend, by the í1pv. J. Harding, Rector of Coity with Nolton Chapel. Charles Eynon. Carmarthen, to Mary, eldest daughter of Evan Jenkins, stonemason. Bridgend. Jan. 11, at Merthyr Church, Mr Thomas Samuel, of Penydarran, to Hannah Lewis, of the same place. ...

... A rule was obtained in the Bail Court, on Monday week, to remove the proceedings in the inquest on the persons killed on the railway at Harrow, into that court, preparatory to quashing the deodand of £ 2000. —Sir William Follett said it was doubtful whether a deodand could be levied on a locomotive engine at all. Dr Broughton, the Bishop of Australia, has made a pastoral visit to that dreary ...

... BlitTHS. On the 30th ult., at Eglwysilan Vicarage, the lady of the Bev, Wm Leigh, of a son. On Monday last, at Newport, Mrs Wintle, wife of Mr Wintle, wine and spirit merchant, of a son. MARRIAGE On the 30th January, at Margam, bv the Itev J. M Dovnes, Mr Llewellyn David, of Tyle'rgigfran. to Miss Ann Ithoderic, of Tyisaf, both in the said parish. DEATHS. On the 22d ult., at Glanydwfr, near ...

... His Lordship will go the Western Circuit, bavin* ex. changed in consequence of prticiisins on the Northern Ciicuit (which had been leftopen) with Mr Baron Rolle. It is said in Westminster Hall that the Solicitor General at,.d Nlr feel (lissatisa.l -it ttie ii)l) ifit. ment, but il is on which we believe to he p-.pulur with the great majority of the bar Standard. ...

... TRSTIMOMVLS OF TO inhabitants of Pershore have raisetl by subscription nearly £1'20 for purchasing plate mid which has been presented, ill testimony of their high esteem and regard, to the Rev. JollII Foley and the Rev..John Palmer. The rev. gentlemen have been curates of Pershoie, the former eleven alld the latter nine years. IV Palmer is now removed to Claines.— fVorccst(rshirc Guardian. ...

... BIRTHS. On the 27th ult., at Swansea, the lady of Joseph Martin, Esq, High Sherilf for the county of Glamorgan, of a daughter. On the 28th ult., at Swansea, the hdy of J. At. Voss, Esq., banker, of the above place, of a daughter. MA R!nAGis. On the 10th ult., at Lanharran Church, by the Hev. David Griffith, rector, Mr David Williams, of Maindy. Lantwitvardre, to Mary Maria, only daughter of ...

... CORRESPONDENCE. [We have postpone the insertion of the following letters from the necessity for inserting matter of a more temporary n:itui-e.) iO THE EDiTORS OF THE GAZETTE ft GUARDIAN* GF.I'LE-ITE' A Pedestrian Tourist, in vour journal, expresses his astonishment at some rem- nants of superstition which still linger in the parishes Ile imputps the same, amongst other causes, to the want ...

... BIRTHS. On Monday, the 15th inst.. at Brecon, the Ladv of th Hev Hugh Bold, of a d aughtcr. n Tuesday last, at her mother's residence, Tonn. Llandovery, the lady of the Itev Tim. Davies, rector, of Ystradgunlais, of a daughter. At Ystrad. on the 1 I th instant, the lady of Evan Williams, Ksq., of a son. MARRI \r,ES. On the 17th inst., at St Mary's Church, Ahercavenny by the Rev Win. Powell, ...

... BIRTH. On Tuesday last, the wife of Mr William Jones, of Cyfarthfa Office, of a daughter. MARRIAGRS. On the 20th inst., at St. Mary's Church, Swansea, the Rev Wm Hewson, D.D., vicar, George DaviiUon master of the Amethyst, Cuba trader, to Marv Ann. second daughter of the late Mr Thomas Couch, sail and rope maker. Swansea. On the 23d inst., at the same church, by the Rev Hewson, D.D.. vicar, Mr ...

... BIRTHS. On the 31st it inas Pon is, the Lady of Henry MARRIAGES. On the 23d March, at Great Ealing. Edward jllU, Ksq of Co>vhridj)e, to Sophia ''ouell, second daughter of Thomas Mav, Esq of the form -r pljcc. On the 5!h tilt.. at Ne vcastl Church, Hridsend. bv the !!ev H. I,. B)os ...