the apostle, son of Jonas, and brother of St. Andrew, was the first consecrated bishop of the Catholic church, in the cathedral of Rome. From him, by a succession of ordinations, all the regular clergy have proceeded. Many learned men, however, think it improbable that St. Peter ever visited Rome, and still more improbable that he was established bishop of that city.

June XXX-Thursday.

High Water, Morn. 11. 1 m.-Even. I. 26. m.
Full Moon, 10 h. 4 m., morning.

CHRONOLOGY.-1824

Expired, aged thirty-seven, the Rev. T. Rennell, son of the venerable dean of Winchester, and master of the Temple.

Ye lofty pines! ye venerable oaks!
Ye ashes wild resounding o'er the steep!
Delicious is your shelter to the soul,
As to the hunted hart, the sallying spring."

One of the most remarkable features in the season is the cessation of the vocal music of the groves, July and August being called mute months, in consequence of the silence of the feathered tribe. The nightingale no longer enchants us with its and the cuckoo is gone. Swallows become numerous from the accession of the young broods, and young birds in general begin to be seen about.

song.

CHRONOLOGY. Battle of the Boyne, in 1690.

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