The Union Jack.
Reading edition
Yarmo, March 29th. 1852.
Sir,—"H. M." of the March "Current Notes," p. 20, enquires "the formation of our British Union Jack." To describe it in heraldic terms is as follows: Az. a cross saltire argent encalved gules; over all a common cross, the same as first. I believe there are no given rules as to its proportion. This appears to be the best, viz. the breadth three-fourths of the length. But the inclosed, forwarded to H. M., will suffice for all.[A]
W.