pastor of the associate congregration there, 
jn the 50th year of his age, and 24th of his- 
His death was’ sudden, and the- 
Ministry. 
circumstances attending that event rendered 
it impressive in no common degree. He 
had just finished the services of the day, 
which inability had-compelled him somewhat 
to abridge, when, after having advanced a 
very-short way towards home, he sunk down, 
and expired in the arms of one of his elders, 
without a groan. 
_At Greenock, inthe 64th year of her age, 
Mrs. Margaret Forsyth, ‘bookseller, which 
business she had followed for 42 years. 
IRELAND. 
The commissioners appointed by parlia- 
ment to inquire into the nature and extent of 
the several bogs in Ireland, with the practi- 
eability. of draining and cultivating them, 
have. made their first report, in which they 
state, that the bogs comprise more than one- 
fourth of the entire superficial extent of Ire- 
land, or about one million of English acres; 
that they-form, as far as they have been 
examined, a mass of the peculiar substance 
called peat, of the average thickness of 29 
feet, no where less than 12, not found to 
exceed 42; this substance varies materially in 
its appearances and properties, in ptoportion® 
to the depth at which it lies: on the upper 
strface it is covered with moss of various 
$decies, and to the depth of ten feet composed 
of a mass of the fibres of similar vegetables in 
different stages of decomposition, generally, 
however, too open in their texture to be 
applied to the purposes of fuel: below this is 
a blackish turf: at a greater depth the fibres 
of vegetable matter cease to be visible, the 
cdlour of the turf becomes blacker, and its 
ptoperties as fut! more valuable: near the 
bottom of the bog it forms a black mass, 
which, when dry, has a strong res-mblance 
to pitch or bituminous coal, and having a cur- 
vilinear fracture in every direction, witha 
black shining lustre, and susceptible of re- 
ceiving a considerable polish. The commis- 
sioners divided all the bogs, containing above’ 
500 acres, in the counties of Kildare, King’s 
County, Tipperary, Westmeath, and Long- 
ford, into seven districts, which they assigned 
to an equal number of engineers; with direc- 
tions to examine’ and report thereon. Only 
one of the reports has been made out, name- 
ly, that in the eastern division, which, accor- 
ding to the engineer, may be drained with 
facility, at an expence of about 147,0001. and: 
which would gain 22,490 Irish, or 36,430 
English acres, and be convertible to all the 
purposes of husbandry. 
-  Died.| At.Cappaghvicr, near Castlebar, 
' Mr. Edward Maley, 110. 
At Annadale, the séit of his brother, the 
Hon, William John Skeffingto:. He was 
the younger soa of the fifth Lord Mesjarecae 
Freland. 
At Balfron, the Rev. William Fuller,’ 
SOT 
in’ lineal descent, and brother to Henry, the 
present Earl of Massareene. 
In Dublin, Mr. David. Bourke. editor of 
Saunders’s News-Letter, which office he alled 
fur 37 years, and its duties he discharged with 
exemplary fidelity to his employers, and sa- 
tisfaction to the public at large.—In an obs 
scure lodging in’ Leeson)stréet, in his 634 
year, Augustine Pentheny, esq. a miser of the 
most perfect drawing: that nature has éver 
given to thé world, From the low and abo 
ridus conditiom of a journéyman ¢odpér, he 
accumulated the enormows sum of 300;00012 
in the island of Autizgua and Santa Crazs 
He was born in the villdge of Longwoody: 
county of Meath, and was very eaily in life - 
encouraged to make 4 voyage to the West’ 
Indies, to foilow his trade, under che patto= 
nage of )iis materndl uncle; anothér advén- 
turer of the name of Gaynor, béttef khown 
amongst his neighbours by the namé of Peter 
Big Brogues, from the enormous shoes he was 
modnted in, on the day heset out on his tras 
vels. Peter acquired an immense fortunes 
and li¥ed to see his only child married to Sir 
G, -Colebrouk, chairman to the East India - 
company; and a banker in London; to whom 
Peter gave with his daoghter 209,0001. Mr: 
A. Pentheny saw mankind only tlirough one- 
medium; his vital powers were so diverted 
from generous or social subjects, by the pre= 
vailing passion of golil; that he could discover 
no trait in any character, howevef venerable 
or respectable, that w4s fot seconded by 
riches; in fact, any ohe that was not rich he 
considered only as ah inferior animal; neither 
worthy of nitict, not safe to be ddmitted into 
society. This extraordinary feeling he ex- 
tended to female society, and; if possible, with 
a greater degree of Jisgust. A wwomas he 
considered only as an ilcuinbrance dn a mat 
of property, and therefore he never coald be 
prevailed upon to admit ont into his confi< 
dence. As to wedlock he atterly, and unis 
forinly tejected any idea of it. His wite Wad 
the public funds, and His children guineds 5 
and no parent or husband paid more deference 
or ease to thé comforts of his family. He 
was never known to stpatate his immente 
hoard; by rewarding a generous attion, or ele 
wating a premature or accidentdl misfortune 
by the application of one’shilling to such put 
poses. It could scarcely be expected he would 
bestow a gift or extend charity to others; 
he ws so niggardly of comforts té himself: 
The evening before he died, some busy 
friend Sent 4 respectable physician td him, at 
which the old miser did not shew any apparent 
dislike, ontil he recollected the doctér might 
expect a fee; this alarmed him, and imme-> 
diately raising himself in the bed, he ad= 
dressed the Irish Esculapius in the following 
words: *¢ Doctor, I 4m a strong man, and 
know my. disorder, and could cure myself,’ | 
apt, as My. Nangle has. sent you ro my assis~ 
tance, 
