" "Then my advice is, that you keep
your money at home, or in other words, fund it; unless you wish to be
made fun of and laughed at for a milksop, or a bubble merchant, or be
taken for one of the Gudgeon family, or a chicken butcher, a member
of the Poultry company, where fowl dealing is considered all fair; or
become a liveryman of the worshipful company of minors (i.e. miners),
where you may be fleeced a la Hayne, by legs, lawyers, bankers and
brokers, demireps and contractors'; or, perhaps, you ~113~~will
feel disposed to embark in a new company, of which I have just strung
together a prospectus in rhyme: a speculation which has, at least, much
of novelty in this country to recommend it, and equally interests all
orders of society.
1 It is not surprising, we see, that lawyers, bankers, and
brokers are found at the bottom of most of the new schemes.
Their profits are certain, whatever the fate of the Gudgeon
family. The brokers, in particular, have a fine harvest of
it. Their charges being upon the full nominal amount of the
shares sold, they get twice as much by transferring a single
100L. share in a speculation, although only 1L. may have
been paid on it, as by the purchase or sale of 100L.
consols, of which the price is 94L.
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