Cadell to Palmerston (Treasury)

With reference to the Comn which I took the liberty of addressing Your Lordship last year (May, 60) which was duly acknowledged through the Colonial Department, I beg to state my Lord that I feel highly honored for the attention in handing my Comn to the Department the more so as indicating a wish that a Grandson of "Carronpark Cadell" (a name which goes down to Posterity associated with the "Carronade" & [improved?] large [ordinance?] of the day & but a few years ago assisted in establishing the Supremacy of Her
Majesty's Empire, which I now wish by any means in my power to
assist in perpetuating through productive action) should obtain
employment connected with the [prime moving?] Department of the
productive Action of British Columbia.

There is still an entire blank in the supervision of the
Colony (which eight years experience connected with the practical
developement of a Gold mining Country enables me to state with that
reasonable certainty due to such experience). The disposal of the
Mines & Mining Grounds towards permanent production—a division of
labour which would add progressively every year to the permanent
population & the production of Gold, & remove that dread of
inaction which is reducing the Commercial energy of the Country
apparently without knowing why. Hence the reason for my soliciting that
description of Government employment, as it would be in that
Department, I could prove the value of aforestated experience
connected with the direct supervision of productive action in a
gold mining country. But my Lord His Grace the Duke of Newcastle
signified through His Excellency Governor Douglas, that the
Department at Downing St was unable to appoint—which under
ordinary circumstances might be considered definitive not only to my
prospects Individually, but to the progressive prospects of the
Country as that description of supervision can only be brought into
existence at Downing Street through the great progressive necessity
of the day. In the event therefore of the Duke of Newcastle
introducing improvements connected with British Columbian
Supervision (a step now pointed out by necessity) and constitute
the supervision of the disposal of the mines & mining grounds
towards productive developement, a Division of Labour; instead of
allowing that department (the chief source of production) to remain
longer under the [mere ease?] of the magistrates who are not required
to possess the requisite qualifications for the Supervision of
Mineral Developement in a progressive [char?].

Hence the prospect
which I still entertain of obtaining employment through His Grace
The Duke of Newcastle & Governor Douglas, in a progressive view
independent of the ordinary nature of Patronage.

Our great producing Colonies require a change My Lord, being
now in a progressive view large manufacturing concerns in
process of construction which require to be pressed into a state of
completion towards inducing a more extensive & economical
permanent production through Individual enterprise to sustain our
position in the great struggle of nations for Commercial Supremacy.
I beg therefore to annex an Original Paper touching improvement
connected with Colonial developement, which Your Lordship may either
dispose of according to the liberty undernoted or
retain for Government purposes, in either case my Lord any attention
which your Lordship may confer in noticing this Comn will be highly
returned & constitutes a Basis for more extended efforts connected
with a Subject which is so much neglected Politically, Financially
& Scientifically in a progressive view, being so far removed
from the seat of general Government, Capital & practical Science.