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IRISH BENEFICES.

The net income of the clergy of the Established
Church in the several dioceses of the province of
Armagh in 1864 was as follows :-Diocese of Ar-
magh, with 71 benefices and 37 perpetual or dis-
trict cures, £32,094 ; net value of archbishopric,
£8,328. The patronage of the 108 livings is thus
distributed :-The Crown, 5 ; the Archbishop, 46 ;
incumbents of benefices, 35 ; Trinity College, 6 ;
lay patrons, 10 ; alternate Crown, ecclesiastical,
and lay patronage, 6. The diocese of Clogher, with
44 benefices and 33 perpetual cures, £18,337 ;
livings in patronage of the Crown, 1 ; the Bishop,
36 ; incumbents, 28 ; Trinity College, 4 ; lay pa-
trons, 8. The dioceses of Armagh and Clogher
are united. Diocese of Meath, with 102 bene-
fices and 10 perpetual cures, £24,504 ; net value
of bishopric, £3,664 ; Crown patronage, 37 ;
Bishop's, 25 ; incumbents', 9 ; lay patrons,
25 ; alternate Crown, ecclesiastical, and lay patron-
age, 16. Diocese of Derry, with 52 benefices and
18 perpetual cures, £25,591; net value of bishopric,
.£5,500 ; Crown patronage, 3 ; the Bishop's, 38 ;
incumbents', 11 ; Trinity College, 3 ; lay patrons,
14 ; alternate ecclesiastical and lay patronage, 1.
Diocese of Raphoe, with 29 benefices and 12 per-
petual cures, £11,282 ; Crown patronage, 5; the
Bishop's, 14 ; incumbents', 8 ; Trinity College, 7 ;
lay patrons, 7. The dioceses of Derry and Raphoe
are united. Diocese of Down, with 38 benefices
and 10 perpetual cures, £10,688; net value of
bishopric for united dioceses of Down, Connor,
and Dromore, £3,524 ; Crown patronage, 6 ; the
Bishop's, 17 ; incumbents', 2 ; Trinity College, 1 ;
lay patrons, 20; alternate Crown and ecclesias-
tical patronage, 2. Diocese of Connor, with 53
benefices and 23 perpetual cures, £13,682 ;
Crown patronage, 6 ; the Bishop's, 31; incumbents',
16 ; lay patrons, 23. Diocese of Dromore, with
24 benefices and 4 perpetual cures, £8,292 ; livings
in patronage of the Bishop, 16 ; Lord Primate, 1;
incumbents', 4; Trinity College, 1 ; lay patrons, 1 ;
alternate Crown, ecclesiastical, and lay patronage,
6. Exempt jurisdiction of Newry and Mourne,
£1,320. Diocese of Kilmore, with 36 benefices and
19 perpetual cures, £14,589 ; net value of bishopric
for united dioceses of Kilmore, Elphin, and Ardagh,
£5,246 ; Crown patronage for Kilmore, 1 ; the
Bishop, 26 ; incumbents', 16 ; Trinity College, 1 ;
lay patrons, 6 ; alternate Crown and ecclesiastical
patronage, 5. Diocese of Elphin, with 36 benefices
and 5 perpetual cures, £6,719 ; Crown patronage,
1; the Bishop's, 31; incumbents', 4 ; lay patrons, 3 ,
alternate Crown and ecclesiastical patronage, 2.
Diocese of Ardagh, with 30 benefices and 1 perpetual
cure, £8,785; Crown patronage, 1 ; the Bishop's, 23;
incumbents', 1; Bishop and lay patron, 1; lay patrons,
5. Diocese of Tuam, with 37 benefices and 12 per-
petual cures, £10,689 ; net value of bishopric for
united dioceses of Tuam, Killala, and Achonry,
£4,038 ; Crown patronage, 1 ; the Bishop's, 35 ;
alternate, 1; incumbents', 8 ; lay patrons, 3. Dio-
cese of Killala, with 13 benefices and 2 perpetual
cures, £3,688 ; Crown patronage, 1 ; the Bishop's,
11 ; incumbents', 2 ; Trinity College, 1. Diocese
of Achonry, with 10 benefices and 2 perpetual cures,
£3,032 ; Crown patronage, 1 ; the Bishop's, 9 ; in-
cumbents', 1; lay patron, 1. The net income of
the clergy in the several dioceses of the province
Dublin was as follows :-Diocese of Dublin and
Glandelagh, with 98 benefices and 37 perpetual or
district cures, £26,545 ; net value of Archbishopric,
£6,569 ; livings in patronage of the Crown, 11 ;
the Archbishop, 46 ; incumbents, 35 ; lay patrons,
36 ; alternate Crown, ecclesiastical, and lay pa-
tronage, 7. Diocese of Kildare, with 43 benefices
and 3 perpetual cures, £8,236; Crown patronage,
11 ; the Bishop's, 17 ; incumbents', 3 ; lay patrons,
' 9 ; alternate Crown, ecclesiastical, and lay patron-
age, 6. Dublin and Glendelagh and Kildare and
are united dioceses. Diocese of Ossory, with 61
benefices and 4 perpetual cures, £16,009 ; net value
of bishoprics for united dioceses of Ossory, Ferns,
and Leighlin, £3,867 ; Crown patronage, 12 ; the
Bishop's, 33 ; incumbents', 9 ; Trinity College, 1 ;
lay patrons, 8 ; alternate Crown, ecclesiastical, and
lay patronage, 2. Diocese of Ferns, with 53 bene-
fices and 10 perpetual cures, £14,812 ; Crown pa-
tronage, 1; the Bishop's, 39 ; incumbents', 12 ; lay
patrons, 7 ; alternate Crown, ecclesiastical, and lay
patronage, 4. Diocese of Leighlin, with 55 bene-
fices and 4 perpetual or district cures, £13,030 ;
Crown patronage, 4; the Bishop's, 28 ; incumbents',
4 ; lay patrons, 15 ; alternate Crown, ecclesias-
tical, and lay patronage, 8. Diocese of Cashel,
with 42 benefices, £13,499 ; net value of bishopric,
for united dioceses of Cashel, Emly, Waterford,
and Lismore, £4,402 ; Crown patronage, 3 ; the
Bishop's, 37 ; lay patron, 1 ; alternate Crown and
ecclesiastical patronage, 1. Diocese of Emly, with
28 benefices and 1 perpetual cure, £5,595 ; Crown
patronage, 5 ; the Bishop's, 24. Diocese of Water-
ford, with 12 benefices, £2,635 ; Crown patronage,
4; the Bishop's, 7 ; Trinity College, 1. Diocese of
Lismore, with 49 benefices and 3 perpetual cures,
£9,542 ; Crown patronage, 7 ; the Bishop's, 22 ;
incumbents', 3 ; lay patrons, 20. Diocess of Cork,
with 63 benefices and 13 perpetual cures, £18,655 ;
net value of bishopric for united dioceses of Cork,
Cloyne, and Ross, £2,304 ; Crown patronage,
4 ; the Bishop's, 42 ; incumbents', 12 ; Trinity
College, 1 ; lay patrons, 14 ; alternate Crown,
ecclesiastical, and lay patronage, 3. Diocese of
Cloyne, with 89 benefices and 2 perpetual cures,
£24,385 ; Crown patronage, 12 ; the Bishop's, 69 ;
incumbents, 3 ; lay patrons, 5 ; alternate Crown,
ecclesiastical, and lay patronage, 2. Diocese of
Ross, with 28 benefices and 1 perpetual cure,
£5,759 ; Crown patronage, 1; the Bishop's, 22 ;
incumbent, 1; lay patrons, 4 ; alternate Crown and
ecclesiastical patronage, 1. Diocese of Killaloe,
with 65 benefices and 2 perpetual cures, £14,055.
Net value of bishopric for united diocese of Killa-
loe, Kilfenora, Clonfert, and Kilmacduagh, £2,361;
Crown patronage, 1; the Bishop's, 52; incumbents',
5 ; lay patrons, 8; alternate Crown and ecclesias-
tical, 1. Diocese of Kilfenora, with 6 benefices and
1 perpetual cure, £1,416 ; Crown patronage, 1 ;
the Bishop's, 5 ; lay patron, 1. Diocese of Clon-
fert, with 13 benefices, £3,080; Bishop's patronage,
5 ; Trinity College, 1 ; lay patrons, 4 ; alternate
Crown, ecclesiastical and lay patronage, 3. Diocese
of Kilmacduagh, with 4 benefices, £1 603 ; Crown
patronage, 1 ; the Bishop, 1 ; lay patron, 1 ; alter-
nate ecclesiastical and lay patronage, 1. Diocese
of Limerick,with 56 benefices and 5 perpetual cures,
£12,228 ; net value of bishopric, 3,961 ; for united
dioceses of Limerick, Ardfert, and Aghadoe Crown
patronage, 7 ; the Bishop's, 21 ; incumbents', 13 ;
lay patrons, 17. Diocese of Ardfert and Aghadoe,
with 48 benefices and 1 perpetual cure, £9,488 ;
Crown patronage, 10 ; the Bishop's, 20 ; lay patrons,
19. Thus, for the whole of Ireland, with 1,391
benefices and 276 perpetual cures-total, 1,667--
the net income of the clergy in 1864 NN as £393,864 ;
the net value of the two archbishoprics and ten
bishoprics was £53,764-total, £47,628.

THE WAR IN PARAGUAY.

The attack so long expected and so carefully
prepared by the Allied fleet and army on the Para-
guayan position held by LOPEZ at Humaita has at
last come off. On the 13th of February three iron-
clads passed the batteries of Curupaity to join the
fleet between the fortresses. These vessels, built
in Rio, proved insufficient in power to work se-
curely in the swift running current of the river.
On the second attempt, however, they succeeded,
on a dark and showery night, in creeping past the
batteries, and joined the ironclad division above.
On the 19th that division, having everything pre-
pared, assayed the dreaded passage of Humaita.
The Bahia, carrying the Commodore's flag, the
Barrosa Tantaitare, the Para, the Alagoas, and
the Rio Grande, got under weigh before daylight,
and, owing to the rise of the river, passed over the
chains, which, bagging by the destruction of the
three supporting flats, had sunk in the middle
so as to be twelve feet below the surface. The
ships had to double the projecting head-lands
when they came within range of a raking
fire of the great battery Landon, in front
of which the chains had been placed in a slanting
direction. They had to continue along the channel
hugging the opposite bank, where the river narrow-
ing rushes rapidly along, exposed to the fire of 80
68-pounders at short range and a few 150-pounders,
accomplishing the passage so successfully that no
vessel was lost and but ten men wounded. The
Barrosa led, towing the Rio Grande, and was
struck twenty-four times; the Tantandare and Pura
ollowed, and were so badly mauled that they were
run ashore at Tayi to prevent their sinking; the
Alagoas, owing to exceptional circumstances,
was so battered that several of her plates were
beaten off. On the same day the Marquis de
Camas attacked a detached fort off Humaita,
where fifteen pieces of light artillery and
1,500 men were posted, and carried the position
with his force of 6,000 Brizilians, with a loss of 148
killed, 339 wounded, and 42 bruised—in all 529.
The Paraguayans lost their guns, besides arms,
munitions, and cattle, together with 120 killed and
a few prisoners. The action lasted three hours ; the
Marshal burnt the camp, destroying the brick
yards and other establishments used by the enemy,
when he appears to have retired. Now this,
in a few words, is the story as told by the
Brazilian commanders, and interpreting it by
the light of former despatches, we would say that
it simply amounts to this—the ironclad fleet suc-
ceeded in running the gauntlet of Humaita, much
in the same way as Admiral FARRAGUT ran the
gauntlet of the forts protecting the passage of the
Mississippi below New Orleans. It was a brilliant
achievement, and, as a consequence, Assumption
fell into the hands of the Brazilian commander, as
New Orleans became the prize of the American
admiral. Simultaneously with the passage by the
fleet, the fort was subjected to an assault by a
division of the army, which reads like a defeat to
the Allies, as the Paraguayans appear, even by the
Brazilian accounts, to have inflicted a very heavy
loss on the enemy, and to have suffered compara-
tively-little themselves. After the passage a detach-
ment of ironclads proceeded up the river 140 miles,
to As,sumpcion, where the Paraguayan Minister of
Foreign Affairs, came on board, asking the Bra-
zilians to spare the city, in which he was the only
man left. The despatch by the Brazilian naval
commander gives no particulars except the exploit
of Lieut. MAURITY, who commanded the Alagoas,
one of the small monitors built at Rio, which was
in towed of the Bahia. A shot severed the hawser,
and the Alagoas was carried down stream, when
the Admiral, fearing that the monitor might be
taken, signalised to the Lieutenant to anchor.
MAURITY, however, imitating NELSON, " did not
See PARKER'S signal," and, steaming up stream
passed single-handed the whole batteries of the
fortress. Hardly was he clear of the batteries
when 40 boats crammed with Paraguayans assaulted
him. MAURITY sank a few, and with grape and
canister carried havoc among the rest, getting
safely off and joining the Admiral above the for-
tress. V e have no wish to detract from the gallant
act of the brave Brazilian sailor, but we cannot en-
dorse the wild ecstatic praise, the gushiug admira-
tion of Baron D. LNIIAUMA ; and we consider the
attack of a monitor by the Paraguayans in open
boats to be a far more hazardous experiment.
If this was the great exploit which throws
into the shade all the naval successes of the
United States, we confess our imagination is
not sufficiently vivid to see it. The vic-
tory is by far the most important of the cam-
paign ; indeed, it may lead to results of greater
moment to South America than any event since
the Spaniards landed on that continent. It is
claimed that the success opens the River Plate to
the world—that the fortress it has taken three
years to humble took ten times that period to
erect, and now ceases to be a bulwark against
commerce. All this may be premature, for although
the fleet is above, instead of below, Ilumaita, and
the command of the river, therefore, from that
point upwards in their hands, it by no means fol-
lows that Paraguay is conquered. The vigour,
the courage, and the endurance of LOPEZ and
his gallant people in maintaining for years their
war of independence against the overwhelming
combination which naw loudly announces their
subjugation will make one of the finest chapters of
history. The dark night—the rise in the river sub-
merging the impediments and offering the fleet a
clear passage over them, at the same time that it
swept away the torpedoes--all told against
LOPEZ, and enabled the squadron to make
good the passage. But Humaita and Curu-
paity still remain unsubdued, and it is im •
possible to predict what the turn of affairs may
be in this crisis of Paraguay's fate. It is quite
clear that Uruguay and the Argentine Republic are
beginning to dread the success of the powerful ally
they have brought into the field. It is the policy
of Brazil to carry the Empire to the River Plate, to
command both the Parana and the Paraguay, and
with the liberty of Paraguay will go that of the
sister Republics. With the news of these successes
come ominous tidings from Monte Video. FLORES,
in the interest of Brazil, brought about the war.
Acting as the tool of the EMPEROR, he seized on the
government of Uruguay, and forced LOPEZ, who
was conscious that the combination was directed
against the independence of his State, to take the
initiative. It now appears that FLORES was over-
powered by a conspiracy and assassinated. On the
very day when the thunders of Humaita► shook (as
the Buenos Ayres Standard says), the earth for a
distance of eight miles from the fortress and dashed
in billows the Parana on its banks, FLORES was
intercepted by four men while on his way to the
Government House, whither he had been induced to
go by a forged letter, and killed with eleven stabs.
On the news being spread Don BERNARDO
BERRO, with forty-five Blancos, seized the
Government House after killing the commander
and several others, proclaimed a revolution, and
calling en the people to join him, raised the cry
of "Paraguay!" and "Down with the Colorados,
the Brazilians, and the Alliance !" The revolt ap-
pears to have been premature, or not backed by the
people, and BERRO and those who acted with him
became its victims. He and one of his sons were
torn from the authorities and killed by the mob.
Military and Lynch law executions continued all
over the city, and at Pantanoz General CARABADO
massacred a hundred men found in arms. That
the Blancos created very considerable alarm is seen
by the measures to which the friends of Brazil were
compelled to resort. Four thousand National
Guards and some of the inhabitants remained under
arms, while the foreign shipping landed marines to
guard the consulates, the banks, and other foreign
property. The Republic was divided into three
military departments, and other measures taken to
suppress the Blancos, who bad cut the telegraph wire,
preparatory, it was said, to a general insurrection.
1)on MANUEL FLORES, who had risen in rebellion
against his father but a few days before, and by
his order had been thrown into prison, died sud-
denly on the 22d February, and not fewer than 16
of the relations and friends of the General were, if
report be true, poisoned by the BLANCO party. The
deaths occurred among those who were present at
the embalming of the General's body, or assembled
round a cistern at the spot, of whom 30 were at-

tacked with sickness, some think either by the
exhalations of the cistern or of the chemicals used
in embalming. A jealousy so strong is not
likely to be lessened by the Brazilian success. It
was to save Uruguay from the dominating influence
of Brazil that LOPEZ crossed the frontier after
issuing a protest against the invasion of the Re-
public on the 30th August, 1864. His protest be-
came the subject of banter with the Allies, General
MITRE asserting that a war with Paraguay would
be merely a pasco nzilitar, which would take him
in three months to Assumpcion. After three years,
during which the Allies have sustained some crush-
ing defeats, the mere passage by their fleet of
Humaita is heralded forth to the world as a victory
only second to thatof Trafalgar, and on the very day
of the exploit, PLO RES, the principal instrument of
the war, fell beneath the assassins' daggers, with the
shouts of " Paraguay," and "Down with Brazil,"
ringing in his ears.