Hardy to Merivale (Permanent Under-Secretary)

I am directed by Mr Secretary Walpole to transmit
to you the accompanying Memorial to the
Queen

from a number
of persons belonging to different Trades and Occupations
in the City of Glasgow and its Neighbourhood, offering to
serve Her Majesty for five years as a Militia or Police
Force or Pioneer Band in the new Colony of British 
Columbia; And I am to request that you will submit the
same to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.