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LTI AL. UNISIti FM INSURANCE OFFICE,

DIRECTORS.
ATTWOOD, MATTHIAS, Banker.
BORRADALE, WILLIA
RESIT, JOSEPH GEORGE, .
BIGNOLD THOMAS, Esq. Beaker.
COPELANII. WILLIAM, Esq.
DANIELL, AMES, Esq. East India Director.
ELLfS, WELBORE, Req. Banker.
OEDOE, ROBERT H. Esq.
RANSON, JOHN, Esq.
NEWMAN, SAMUEL, Esq.
MIEVILLE, A. K. Esq. • •
SANDYS, Sir IL Bart.
BETON, JAMES, Esq.
WRIGHT, JOHN, Esq. Banker.
THE Directors of the Norwich Union Fire-Office
having secededseont the Metropolis, in consequence of a
defect in their Deed of Settlement, and the Members resident
in London being unwilling to loss the benefit of so excellent a
Plan of Insurance, have determined, for the benefit of them-
selves and others, to continue the same, under the title of
THE NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE,
And have solicited the above Gentlemen to undertake the Di-
rection thereof, who, desirous of promoting the welfare of their
Fellow-Citikens, have kindly accepted the Office, in which they
*lll continue to act until the first General Meeting.
N.B. Insurances may now I.e effected at the Office as above,
and ?Jacks will beissucil in the course of a few days.

SOUTH AMERICA.

" BUENOS AYRES, OCTOBF.R 24.

10 From the head-quarters in Tucuman, there are
.
no accounts worth mentioning. The partizans et
Aitigas. in Santa Fe. have lately ;hewn an inclina-
tionao be troublesome, and thus compel our Govern-
ment to has e recourse to military force, in spite of
Its desire to avoid bloodshed, and bring. the deluded
people of Santa Fe to a sense of their Lolly by more
gentle means. A body of regulars and militia is as-
sembling at Ariecifes, under the command of Don
Juan Ramon Balcarce and Colonel Arenales, who.
distinguished himself in Peru.
" The Roya•ists have evacuated Taicaguano, and
it is said that they have blown up the fArtifications;
probably they have shipped off their stores and the
small remnant of Spanish and Peruvian troops for
Lima. Ills iila;eszy's ship Andromache, Captain
Shirreff, is returned to Valparaiso from Lima, and
by this con,'eyance we learn, that in consequence of
the action of Maio°, Per.=la called together the dif-
ferent Cominer,i sl Corporations that compose the
Consulado of Lima, to connin:;!icare to them that
disastrous event, winch, he stated, involved the total
oss, in all piebability, of the Royal forces in l itili ;
rcyr,-sentinn that again t Chiefs so encesoOsing and
daring as the Insavg,:nt Le iJers and their dcaided
followers, he knew r.O ante,mural, for the defence of
Peru and Lima themselves, hut in a naval force, to
render which atkquate to the danger of the epoch,
the present marine must be augmented ; that, com-
puted with the ritinoLt re:;ard to economy, to secure
this point 1,500,003 dollnr were requisite, and that
the ordinary sources of the revenge being insufficient,
lie saw no resource but in opening the porn of Callao,
to foreign vessels proceeding I:.oin ;iculral ports, and
which it was his resolve to do f,-r the term of two.
years in the first'in:tance, adding. that the Members
of the Royal Audiencia fully concurred with him.
The whole Convocation acquiesced with the Vice-
roy's purpose, with the exception of the Agents of
the Cinco Gremios of Madrid, who opposed it on
grounds which you will readily conceive, offering to
provide the necessary funds, on condition the ntaa-
sure should not be adopted.
" The Viceroy, in consequence, suspended the step,
mating at the sa lac time, that in all October present,
70,000 dollars were indispensible to the exigencies
cf Government, and that it not forthcoming within
that period, he should peremptorily declare Callao
open to foreign trade on the Ist of November. Car:-
tam Shirreff has been ordered back to Lima, to wait
the event, and give the ea:lies: inlOrmarion of it.

" The exhaitsted comlition of the merchar.ts of
Lima renders it utterly impossible for them to raise
the sum mentioned, and therefire no doubt remain
that the measur: propoied by the Viceroy will he cos-
rie.d into effect.

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4. Our Government, after declaring the prvatoi2r
Maipo, Captain Daniels, a pirate, has ar, este.: Diu:
Guillermo Y. Ford, %%Ito had riven the ussaal security
!Ur that brig, and obliged Lim to pay the :0,000 dol-
lars for which he had become si.scui This was
the only course :hat could he ackr.c.i„is Cie priva-
teer has never retarned to this port, and it taw
"tain has common sense, never

M. Bonpland Las been appointed Professor oi.
Natural History, and will fialo a Cabinet lur illus-
trating hi. laTturcs."

V.tl.l'..litAiSO, SM•l—.Mlir.n. 9.
The Nary of Chili consist, of Ow ..,,11.,...;a 4 ve.,:sel.:,
now lying in this port, and ah.)iit to be completed
with creu s, that they may c...mtnence o,:emi.e ope-
rations af;:iinst Cie enemy :
The CU77iber:ll.l -
Tho, I.2otat‘f - -
]'he C:111731 S 111 Atifteil . .-
'fit Columbus . -
To: l'ey‘Treclon - -
ncsities theso, we have:
The C.muimbto - -
Toe .girl - - -
The Chtleno -
Tile Agulla - -
The Fortuna • - -
The Wadi -
'Mr Galverino (late Lucy) -
The Maipo %- - -
And sir well-equipped privateers.
The Expedition being completed, it is supposed we
shall sail against Lima, where the Spaniards, accord-
ing to accounts brought by passengers in the Andro-
mache, which returned here the other day, have nut
more than 2000 troops they can depend upon.
Osorio has barely 1200,men, including militia and
Indians, in Talcaguano. Either of our large ships
and a brig, with a thousand troops, would take the
place and all the shipping there, or ought to perish
in the attempt. The Esmcralda frigate, still in that
port, appears hardly more than a long-boat, when
' compared to the Lautaro. The very appearance of
the Coashediuld will strike terror into the dismayed
• Spaniards wherever she may shew herself.
. Four privateers have sailed from port within a
`math, to crtilee in the Pacific Ocean, where the Pa-
trim standard floats unmolested.

C.;) Gc.us.
st ditto.
23 ditto.
lei ditto.-
la ditto.

24 Guns.
16 ditto.
16 ditto.
14 ditto.
10 ditto.
10 ditto.

SO ditto.
1` 16 ditto.

His F.:ce~legep the Supreme Director, General
O'Higgins, atrived here on the Yd instant, with hi-

saris, his Secretary of State, and the Heads of De.
partments. They come down tcrfacilitate the equip-
ment and manning of the fleet.
Although there are about 300 unemployed foreign
seamen in this port, we are in great want of many
others, but more particularly of-good naval officers.
If Lord Cochrane, or any other Naval character, ca-
pable of commanding a fleet, had arrived here, two,
or three months ago, Talcaguano and Litna would!
ere this, have been ours, and the glorious cause of
South American Independence decided. The peace-1
able and hospitable inhabitants of these delightful
countries would no longer have groaned under the
tyranny of Ferdinand. Owing to the want of system
in arranging our naval affairs, and proper persons
to conduct it, we have remained extremely inactive
since the glorious battle of Maipo. This is attributed
entirely to General San Martin's absence. In ten days
he is expected to arrive in Santiago—all obstacles will
then disappear. The poor Spaniards in this quarter of
the world will again tremble.
The Allied Patriot Armies are in must excellent
order—well clothed—well paid—well fed—and well
disciplined. They really do great honour to their
respective Governments. O'Higgins has a most su-
perb Body Guard, composed of uncommon fine men,
richly clothed. The two Armies consist of about
6,000 Litantry, 1,700 Cavalry, and a large propor-
tion of good Artillery. This does not include the
Corps of Mounted Militia, who swarm in every part
of the country ; 1,600 veteran troops will cross the
..males to join us in the spring.
The manners and customs of the Chilons are under-
going daily a rapid change for the better, owing to
their commerce with foreigners. They arc acquiring
a national character, and should the Spaniards invade
the country this year, they will find mere patriotism
to contend with than even last.

r RON Tur ?MT ATV DAILY DELLIIIaIt 9.
I NTERCPXTED DISPATCH.

" Ma. Ettio • " liwomont, Dee. 4, ISIS.
" Sia—The Castilian. Spanish Indianian, of about 800 tons,
bound cross Lima to Cadiz, has lately been captured by a Buenos
Ayrern brig of wrr, off Cape St. Mary's ; her cargo is said to
consist of cocra, bark, copper, and a large quantity of .pecie.—
The were found on board many Private and Goveniment
Letters, which show the emintry to b: in a very alarmi.ig state.
The following :xi: tr.Julated extracts from one of the private
letters, dated Lima, May '3', which will, no doubt, be interest-
ing to yru, air'. which you are a: to publish it you ['AA
proper.—Vnur obedient Serennt, " J. M."