DOI issue:
July to December, 1849
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16604#0178
Mr.. Briggs, persuaded that "a good Horse can't be a rad colour," has purchased a spotted and highly-trained
steed prom a clrcus ; rut the "worst of him is, that amongst other things he has been trained to sit down on his
haunches "when he hears a band play, and you may imagine how disconcerted poor old briggs was the first time
he did so.
PROPOSAL FOR A NEW LOAN, BY ME. DUNUP.
The extreme facility with which loans are obtained by even the
worst of characters for the worst of purposes, has encouraged Mb. Dun-
up to draw up some proposals for a loan to himself, by which it is
expected a very large class of most deserving persons—his own creditors
—will eventually benefit. He has seen with some surprise, that it. is
only necessary to ask and to have, in the case of certain powers with
whom Mb. Dunup would not condescend to compare himseif, and he
ventures to hope that if money is so readily forthcoming in a bad cause,
there may be no difficulty in raising the necessary supplies for a good
purpose.
The following heads of a proposal for the Great Dunup Loan have
been already put into circulation among the leading capitalists, who it
is hoped will have sufficient cash to spare from their Austrian, Russian,
and other operations, to enable them to contribute to the excellent
object Mb. Dunup calculates on accomplishing.
The Loan to consist of £10,000, to be secured on Mb. Dunup's
word, which is considered to be quite as good as his bond, and has the
advantage of requiring no stamp to give it validity.
Those who purpose " taking the Loan," which means giving the
money, may do so in any sums however small, and though the first
applicants will have the " preference," arrangements will be made to
" let, in " all who are desirous of contributing.
The interest of the Loan will be calculated from time to time and
added as a bonus to the whole sum, which will be looked upon as " a
rest," and, in order to prevent this "rest" from being disturbed, it,
will remain permanently in the hands of the lendee as long as any of it,
remains, when the whole of the money expended being found to balance
with the sum received, the "rest, " will be distributed without any
deduction whatever—except the logical deduction that it is all gone—
among the contributors.
Any person wishing to transfer his share of the Loan may do so on
finding a transferee, but a sum of 5 per cent will be first payable as
"caution money," for the purpose of rendering the parties more
cautious in future transactions.
Interest will accrue from the day when the Loan is paid up, but the
interest will not be payable until the whole of the principal is repaid;
as it is very fair that the principal which forms the first, debt should
have a preference, inasmuch as being a prior claim it ought to be first
satisfied.
Any person having contributed to the Loan, and wishing to with-
draw his contribution, may do so—if he can, but not ot herwise,
Though the Loan is nominally raised for distribution among the
Dunup creditors, it is still desirable that that respectable body should
enjoy the same privileges as the contributors to the Loan, and the
amount of ihe creditors' claims will therefore be converted into con-
solidated stock, which will be added to the original amount of the
Loan, and bear interest at the same rate, payable in the same way as
if it had been interest arising from contributions to the Loan itself, to
which it, will in all respects be equivalent.
All applications respecting the Loan may be addressed to Mb. Dunup,
but, he would suggest the expediency of a small remittance to cover
preliminary, contingent, and ottier possible expenses.
"The Butcher Ward."
There has been a grand dinner of the Butchers' Institution. We
wonder if toasts were given to some of the greatest, Butchers of the
age—to Haynau. and Badetski. We observe that part of this
institution is called " The Butcher _Wabd." Can this possibly be
in honour of the Governor of the Ionian Islands, who has lately given
such strong proofs of his merits in that capacity at Cephalonia?
the cholera and its quarters.
" A late Visitor at Nice " writing in the Tims denies that cholera
has extended its ravages to that town. The fact is, lhat the cholera
alwavs keeps clear of any place at all deserving the epithet of Nice.
steed prom a clrcus ; rut the "worst of him is, that amongst other things he has been trained to sit down on his
haunches "when he hears a band play, and you may imagine how disconcerted poor old briggs was the first time
he did so.
PROPOSAL FOR A NEW LOAN, BY ME. DUNUP.
The extreme facility with which loans are obtained by even the
worst of characters for the worst of purposes, has encouraged Mb. Dun-
up to draw up some proposals for a loan to himself, by which it is
expected a very large class of most deserving persons—his own creditors
—will eventually benefit. He has seen with some surprise, that it. is
only necessary to ask and to have, in the case of certain powers with
whom Mb. Dunup would not condescend to compare himseif, and he
ventures to hope that if money is so readily forthcoming in a bad cause,
there may be no difficulty in raising the necessary supplies for a good
purpose.
The following heads of a proposal for the Great Dunup Loan have
been already put into circulation among the leading capitalists, who it
is hoped will have sufficient cash to spare from their Austrian, Russian,
and other operations, to enable them to contribute to the excellent
object Mb. Dunup calculates on accomplishing.
The Loan to consist of £10,000, to be secured on Mb. Dunup's
word, which is considered to be quite as good as his bond, and has the
advantage of requiring no stamp to give it validity.
Those who purpose " taking the Loan," which means giving the
money, may do so in any sums however small, and though the first
applicants will have the " preference," arrangements will be made to
" let, in " all who are desirous of contributing.
The interest of the Loan will be calculated from time to time and
added as a bonus to the whole sum, which will be looked upon as " a
rest," and, in order to prevent this "rest" from being disturbed, it,
will remain permanently in the hands of the lendee as long as any of it,
remains, when the whole of the money expended being found to balance
with the sum received, the "rest, " will be distributed without any
deduction whatever—except the logical deduction that it is all gone—
among the contributors.
Any person wishing to transfer his share of the Loan may do so on
finding a transferee, but a sum of 5 per cent will be first payable as
"caution money," for the purpose of rendering the parties more
cautious in future transactions.
Interest will accrue from the day when the Loan is paid up, but the
interest will not be payable until the whole of the principal is repaid;
as it is very fair that the principal which forms the first, debt should
have a preference, inasmuch as being a prior claim it ought to be first
satisfied.
Any person having contributed to the Loan, and wishing to with-
draw his contribution, may do so—if he can, but not ot herwise,
Though the Loan is nominally raised for distribution among the
Dunup creditors, it is still desirable that that respectable body should
enjoy the same privileges as the contributors to the Loan, and the
amount of ihe creditors' claims will therefore be converted into con-
solidated stock, which will be added to the original amount of the
Loan, and bear interest at the same rate, payable in the same way as
if it had been interest arising from contributions to the Loan itself, to
which it, will in all respects be equivalent.
All applications respecting the Loan may be addressed to Mb. Dunup,
but, he would suggest the expediency of a small remittance to cover
preliminary, contingent, and ottier possible expenses.
"The Butcher Ward."
There has been a grand dinner of the Butchers' Institution. We
wonder if toasts were given to some of the greatest, Butchers of the
age—to Haynau. and Badetski. We observe that part of this
institution is called " The Butcher _Wabd." Can this possibly be
in honour of the Governor of the Ionian Islands, who has lately given
such strong proofs of his merits in that capacity at Cephalonia?
the cholera and its quarters.
" A late Visitor at Nice " writing in the Tims denies that cholera
has extended its ravages to that town. The fact is, lhat the cholera
alwavs keeps clear of any place at all deserving the epithet of Nice.