The Sun.
London, England, 1836-09-15 00:00:00

there shall be general meetings of the members of the
said body politic and corporate, to be held from time to time
as hereinafter mentioned, and that there shall always be a
council to direct and manage the concerns of the said body
politic and corporate, and that the general meetings and the
council shall have the entire direction and management of the
same in the manner and subject to the regulations hereinafter
mentioned. But our will and pleasure is, that at all general
meetings the majority of the members present, and having a
vote thereat respectively, shall decide upon the matters pro
pounded at such meetings, the persons presiding therein hav-
ing, in case of equality of numbers, a second or casting vote.
And we do hereby also will, grant, and declare, that the coun-
cil shall consist of a President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and
not more than twenty-four, and not less than sixteen other
members, to be elected out of the members of the said body
politic and corporate ; and that the first members of the coun-
cil, exclusive of the president and treasurer, shall be elected
within six calendar months after the date of this our charter;
and that our right trusty and well-beloved councillor Henry
Lord Brougham and Vaux shall be the first president, and our
trusty and well-beloved William Tooke, of Russell-square,
in our county of Middlesex, Esquire, the first treasurer, of
the said body politic and corporate ; and the said Edward
Adolphus Duke of Somerset, John Smith, and Stephen Lush-
ington, shall be members of the first council of the said body
politic and corporate. And we do hereby further will, grant,
and declare, that the members of the said body politic and
corporate hereby established shall hold one general meeting
at the least :in each year, for the purposes hereinafter men-
tioned; namely, that the said body politic shall at a general
meeting choose the President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and
other the members of the council, and shall have full power,
at any general meeting, to make and establish such by-laws
as they shall deem to be useful and necessary for the regu-
lation of the said body politic and corporate, for the admission
of members, for the management of the estates, goods, and
business of the said body politic and corporate, and for fixing
and determining the manner of electing the President,-Vice-
President, Treasurer, and other the members of the council,
and the period of their continuance in office, as also of electing
and appointing professors, tutors, and such officers, attendants
and servants, as shall be deemed necessary or useful for the
said body politic and corporate; and shall have full power
from time to time at any such meeting to alter, vary, or re-
voke such by-laws, and to make such new and other by-laws
as they shall think most useful and expedient, so that the
same be not repugnant to these presents, or to the laws and
statutes of this our realm; and shall or may also enter any
resolution, or make any regulation, respecting any of the
affairs and concerns of the said body politic and corporate
that shall he thought necessary and proper. And we further
will and declare, that the regulations, clauses, and provisions
contained in the said indenture or deed of settlement of the
11th of February, 1826, and all other the existing regula-
tions of the said institution, made in pursuance of the said in-
denture or deed of settlement, are and shall be (save in so far
as they may be inconsistent with the provisions of this our
charter, or the laws and statutes of our realm), and the same
are hereby declared to be existing by.laws of the said body
politic and corporate, but subject to be altered, varied, or re-
voked in like manner as any other by-laws of the said body po-
litic and corporate, to be made by the general meetings of the
members of the said body politic and corporate, may, accord-
ing to the provisions of this our charter, be altered, varied, or
revoked. And we further will, grant, and declare, that the
council shall have the sole and entire management and super-
intendence of the said college, as well relating to the income
and funds thereof, as to the teaching of the various branches of
literature and science therein, and the appointment of professors,
tutors, and other masters and instructors, and all other the af-
fairs and concerns thereof ; and shall, or may, but not incon-
sistently with or contrary to the provisions of this our charter, or
any existing by-law, or the laws and statutes of this our realm,
do all such acts and deeds as shall appear-to them necessary
or essential to be done for the purpose of carrying into
eff.e2t the objects and views of the said body politic and cor-
porate. And we further will, grant, and declare, that the whole
property of the said body politic and corporate shall be vested,
and we do hereby vest the same solely and absolutely in the
members thereof, and that they shall have full power and
authority to sell, alienate, charge, or otherwise dispose of the
same, as they shall think proper; but that no sale, mortgage,
incumbrance, or other disposition of any messuages, lands,
tenements, or hereditament: belonging to the said body politic
and corporate, shall be made, except with the approbation an 1
concurrence of a general meeting. And we declare it to be
our royal will and pl4asure, that no resolution or by-law shall
on any account or pretence whatsoever be made by the said
body politic and corporate, in opposition to the general scope,
true intent, and meaning of this our charter, or the laws and
statutes of our realm ; and that if any such rule or by-law
shall be made, the same shall be absolutely null and void to all
intents, effects, constructions, and purposes whatever.
In witness, &c. Witness, &c.