I.—I publish the following legal documents—the first articles for which
I have to expend any of St. George’s money,—intact: venturing not so
much as the profanity of punctuation. The Memorandum is drawn up by one
of our leading counsel, from my sketch of what I wanted. The points on
which it may need some modification are referred to in my added notes;
and I now invite farther criticism or suggestion from the subscribers
to the Fund.
“2, Bond Court, Walbrook, London, E.C.,
“June 15th, 1875.
“St. George’s Company.
“Dear Sir,—According to the promise in our Mr. Tarrant’s letter of the
11th, we now beg to send you what Mr. Wm. Barber, after reading your
sketch, has approved of as the written fundamental laws of the
Company,—though we shall be quite prepared to find that some
alterations in it are still necessary to express your views correctly.
“We are,
“Dear Sir,
“Yours faithfully,
“Tarrant & Mackrell.
“Professor Ruskin, Corpus Ch. Coll., Oxford.”