Some ofthe names we have seen announced suggest to us the possibility that the promoters ofthis scheme are not altogether free from motives of self-preservation ... we think they should be satisfied to take care of themselves, without tendering their services to all who happen to be in the same position. (The Times, 27 March 1846.
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Nicholas Hervey (1986) studied this question.