The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-23 00:00:00

WILLIAM THORNBORROW, ESQ.

[We have much pleasure in publishing the eop.
lowillg highly creditable testimonials to the Oh
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racter of a.gentleman of great practical ability In
a department where prompt decision is as nece3'
sary as commercial sagacity. Mr. ThornbqrroW
has especial claims on the Proprietors ov_Snb7
scribers to the Forth-Marine Insurance ComPallP
and the handsome.manner in which the •Directo!!':
of that establishment have expressed their grati-
tude is at once a proof of how highly they apP.re"
elate the services of Mr. Thornborrow.—},°'
SUN.]

" Reports having been circulated in the
that the exertions of Mr. Thornborrow fbr ttte
interests of parties with whom he has been oil 4
fleeted in, the Underwriting business have been td
unsuccessful, he feels it due to himself to publia''
the following testimonials. :"-- • If
COPY OF A LETTER FROM P. M. STEWAR"
ESQ., M.P., TO MR. THORNBORROW.
No. 11, Upper Brook-street, Aug. 12, 1"_•
My dear Sir,—Now that our Underwriting aceou!"
closed, I must return you my most sincere thanks for yo'.,d
faithful and successful attention to the business ; and allow mS
to offer you and Mrs. Thornborrow a small token of my foe" 2.1
ship and esteem.
You will gratify me very much by applying the inclosedmll4 'Ol
to the purchase of a piece of plate ; and I also enclose the to' 0
scription I should like to be put upon it. ;I
Believe me to be, yours sincerely,_
To William Thornborrow, Esq. P. M. STEWAIL ' •

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EXTRACTS FROM THE FIRST REPORT BY THE DIRECTOO
OF THE FORTH MARINE INSURANCE CONDANY, °
LEITH, TO THE PROPRIETORS, 16TH JUNE, 15.740, n
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THE END OF THE FIRST YEAR UNDER MR. THOlO4l3'"
ROW'S MANAGEMENT.
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" The Directors have to express their gratification at to
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ing the Shareholders of this Company for the first time, nj
trust that the Report which they have now to submit, 1""
prove satisfactory to the meeting."
" The Partners are aware that the Company was stair
lished in May, 1839, with the view of affording to the Peube
a facility and security in effecting Marine Insurances,
want of which had been long felt in this quarter, and of
as a serious drawback in business."
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The Directors have the satisfaction to announce thatmerchants and ship owners of this port and neighbourly";
have come forward freely with their Insurances, and have bsf
met in the same liberal spirit ; at the same exercising th
at
caution, which is particularly requisite at the commencen'e
of such an Institution."
" The 4,000 Shares into which the capital stock of the C°:::e
pany was divided, and on which a call of 21. 10s. per Sh,o
has been made, was allocated to parties whose connection
been generally beneficial to the Company. 'the sum of 10,Qtp
being the full amount of the call, has been promptly pliklre
A few of these Shares which remained unidisposed of, .
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some months since sold at such a premium as satisfatrdis,
proved the public estimation of the principles on which '7 •
Company was constituted and conducted." f the" The Directors being fully aware that the success
Company must depend greatly on the character and expelwite
of the party to whom the management might be entrust
putecl two of their number to proceed to London, for theuss
pose of making such arrangements as wou!d secure the.sev",of
of a properly qualified person for the important situathlija-
Manager. They were so fortunate as to be enabled °Also
elude an engagement with Mr. William Thornboerew,
est
Secretary of the Marine Insurance Company, one of thelcy
extensive Institutions of the empire ; and of whose quell fac-
tions for that office they received the most satisfactory 030,
!nation, which has been confirmed by their subsequent eltbet
rience. The same attention has been bestowed on the ve
appointments in this establishment, and the Directors,
to state that all the departments are occupied byindivi"
on whose attention and accuracy they can depend." ge.•
" The field for Marine Insurances in this quarter, beintro
nerally limited in its extent, and consisting ehitily of Nertja by
risks, the Directors resolved to act on the power conferreouid
the contract, by establishing agencies at such ports as "'they
secure a more extensive and diversified share of business;
a.„ds
agentsaccordingly appointed at - ; and latterly, a br
has been formed in London, under the superintendence last
comendation who act as agents, and who were appointed on the last
comendation of Mr. Thornborrow ; the operations of the ll
named agency commenced on the Ist of January, and (rove, jo
of them a large amount of business has been procuredLoro..
the formation of these agencies the exertions of Mr. T'iving
borrow were most valuable and unremitting, the whole It'
been arranged under his immediate superintendence." .sist
‘‘The books of the Company have been balanced toio,
May, in terms of the contract of co-partnership, and cons to
ing that the agencies have only been in operation from
nine months, the Directors have to express their entire slo,
faction with the amount of business done, and of Pre"' „ire-
realised, which greatly exceed their anticipations. Titflisi,
miums on Insurances effected from May, 1839, to SlF'
1840, amount to 62,814/. ls. 7d."
(Signed) " GEORGE THORBURN, Chairman. .

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The Edinburgh Press gave the following Account .0f the 0
First Meeting of the Forth Marine Insurance ConapatTr:
follows :
The first Annual Meeting of the Forth Marine
Company took place on Tuesday forenoon in the Exchb
Hotel, and was very numerously attended, George Thor..ai„d
Esq., in the Chair. The Report was read, which exhib d '
the affairs of the Company in a very favourable light,
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a considerable amount of profit has been added to the capo',.
which, after the payment of all losses, and the reserve .
sufficient fund to re-insure all outstanding risks, would.
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fully warranted the Directors to hare declared a very lion
some dividend; but for a clause in the deed of co-prThy_W.
forbidding a dividend being given till after the firs
The meeting unanimously approved of the Repofrt, and l
Votes
highly gratified with the proceedings o
Votes of thanks were carried with acclamation to the Di eup
tors for 'their valuable assistance. To William Thornborroi!
Esq , for his talented and efficient tnanugement, and to B. F.
Gray, Esq., for his ind,fatigable exertions as Secretary.
An important question was put to the Chairman by an r:lr,
Insuram:re
fluential partner, viz., In the event of our considering;';
expedient at once to dissolve this Company, what would. 4°"
position be ? I hope lam not putting an irregular questioi,i
Upon which the Chairman immediately rose atd sai4
assure our worthy c,-partner that he has placed me
culty. Should we dissolve and wind up this day, we
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insure all our outstanding risks for twenty thousand
.101-01'045
and we should then have upwards of eigAt thousand P
to divide among our partners, who have only been called °,,p:ee,
for a deposit of ten thousand pounds, not one shilling 0.1 ;tell
has been required for the business—the premiums re° 7" 01
from the commencement being far more than sufficient to
all demands." after
Such was 'the eclat of the meeting that a few hours
shares were solicited per cent. premium ! jic.r
In the evening the partners entertained the Direetoisft.s4,,..
viz. :—George Thornburn, Esq., Alexander Jameson, t: ops
Thos. Young, Esq., John Smith, Esq., Charles Lawson, 'Vit.,
Alexander Schultze, Esq., Alexander Anderson. E,c1.'0,4,
Liam Muir, Esq., the 1. anager, William Thornborrros,
and the Secretary, B. F. Gray, Esq., to dinner in 1%14)1700'
Hotel ; Provost Reoch in the Chair, supported by Bailie ;01.,
F. Schultze, Esq , John Gillon, Esq., George Berry'
John Murdoch, Esq., Provost Ferrier, of Kirks 14:11,, ,age
Thomas Hay, Esq., officiated as croupier, supported by
Thomson, Esq.. William Doull, Esq., &c. .
The Provost, in propOsing the Ivalth of her graci°t,cof
jesty the Queen, said, that if, at all times this was the rA itube
toast of our festive assembles, how much more so w'sl:,,
drunk on thepresent occasion, when the voice of the ne""7-frrtel
expressing congratulations upon her providential escape
the hands of an assassin !—( Great applause.) of
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The other toasts were—" The Provost and Magi O
Lei h ;" the " Chairman and Directors of the Conr"„l'W
" William Thornborrow, Esq., and a cup of thanks for 5.1510,
cellent management ;" " George Berry, Esq., and the ;
tie
ordinary Directors;" "B. F. Gray, Esq., SecreterY
Company," &c.
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The Company separated highly delighted with ,
proceedings of the day. ' ,
Leith, 16th June, 1840.

CHURCH-RATES. a tk'e
The following has been printed as a hand-bill, eel(
heading given to it by the clergyman under whose• wr„rei
the sale takes 'lace has excited some attention. The ce'ji
gentleman who boasts how much better the established c
are treated than the Apostles, would seem to conailty,
treatment to add greatly to the comparative reaps
cteb
the former :
" ter' ' The Apostles very wisely and very piousl.V red
I, is;
themselves with appealing only to the gratitude of belie h Nq
for they had no property to which they could prefer a fee
right. But we (the established clergy) have been better tbi
than the Apostles:—The Refutation of Non-confornalq'ae,
the Rev. E. C. Kemp, Chaplain to the Duke of Caolbil
page 343. n a 1.1
" To be sold by auction, by William Abbott, at the --,e dor',
Inn, Great Staughton Highway, at four o'clock in the t
noon, on Friday, April 23, 1841, by virtue of a rar, I.
co.
seizure for Church-rates, the following property :---Le1c4.1.110
pig; Mr. Thos.Mott's, for 2/. 2s. I Id. Church-rate, Slot
6d. costs, exclusive of the costs of seizure and sale. ,d die'?
Twelve bushels of beans; Mr. Baron Hills, for 11. 7s• igo
and 15s. 3d. ditto. Lot 3. Bridle and saddle; S.
for 9s. 4d. ditto, and 15s. 3d. ditto.—Lot 4. she', 10,
Ten bu
beans ; Mr. George Maddy's, for 17s. 61-d. ditto, and lbs•
ditto.—Lot 5. Fifteen bushels of oats ; Mr. John Driver'.
14s. 7d. ditto, and 15s. 3d. ditto. —Lot 6. Cheese-pre° 04:1,
three bushels of tares ; Mr. William Parish's, for .189...,„0
ditto, and 15s. 3d. ditto.—Lot 7. Blower for dressing --7:0
Parker's,
Mr. William Bull's, for Bs. 9d. ditto, and 15s. 3d. ditto. ;
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lots may be seen on application to 3:r. Joseph Day, tbe;
stable, at Great Staughton, Highway.",

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MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.— 11;1
At the -- 011
of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg, on Thursday, theliil,
of April, by the Rev. Dr. BAtel, Chaplain, General . g, r
liam Frederick. Christian Aldcnburg Bentinck, 0
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Count of the Holy Roman Empire, rightful Lord-of os.
hatp:en, Varel, &c., Lord of the Bedchamber to 1111:';.) le
jesty the King of the Netherlands, and eldest son of i,
late Major-General Count John Charles and LatlyMr of,
ma Bentinck, to Comtesse Pauline Albertinc, DO' ' 0
Honour to her Royal Highness the Grand Duehltg!ii b.
Oldenburg, and second daughter of Count Mentii se,
The cere
Count of the Holy Roman Empiie, and Steward 0)
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bhuorldg.to his Royal
performed la the P 0 0
Grand Duke and Duch
rooms, in the presence of their Royal Hiffhnesseti, !,
Frederica, and the assembled Court',ll4ja
the 01 41
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Princessesne
bride was given away by his Royal Hihness the Ilig ti'
Henry Betitinck, Mrs. He, B
Duke. There were also present Count and Connteik 0.,,t1
nich, Barons Billow and Ro 'Colonels
nieso:Hytihgwehansleisesr .he
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WINDSOR, WED N ESDAY. —His Royal HighttesLu 011 ef
Albert having expressed a desire to see the uuno 1.1 ~
go through their usual drill movements before ed •li
for town, orders to that effect being eonvelocf!.
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the commanding officer yesterday evening, they Mere
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into the Home Park. The regiment being "'"4 .bort ie
in a line to receive the Prince, his Royal Ilighner-n:0101;
afterwards came on the ground attended by Colonel. ;Too;
and Colonel Wemyss, anti was received with the uVirdied bYle
After marching past in slow and quick time, Jontroned,,li s
fine band, the regiment, on arriving on its erigini" f three• till,
ployed into line and advanced, a.nd afterwards ITF. od 5
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great variety of manoeuvres with_ their us, cal raro'
„4- r )fre/e1):r
His Royal Highness afterwards, expresser`[ to Pier- • like -li
the officer in command, his r,pprobatiorif of thP, oidivierit-h
irliiiic,
pearance of the men, and t'iie adrnirabfie preettion__o ind
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the various evolutions were 'performed.. The Cilleirom be .e 3
ladies and gentlemen of the Court wen prevented, oitoesi ii,
present by the coldness,-af the (lay, brit her Malessi,frimtiots, r
the whole of the evolutions from 'one of the .0,410.,,' ill
Victoria Tower. We have much. Oe,asure in 10.1: ZipiforlY
portunity of alluding to the high r tsvect wthhiaschgst‘tee
quiet and excellent eenduet of the r pgltnen
inhabitants of this town,

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