Lindley to Lytton

When I caused my letter enclosing an introduction from Lord Salisbury to be delivered in Park Lane I was not aware that you had left town. Having since been informed that the letter in question has been forwarded to you I now venture to presume upon making my application in writing.
My hope is that you may be able to place in some situation under government in British Columbia my son in law Mr Henry Crease, concerning whom you will find a statement in a separate memorandum enclosed herewith. Much as I desire to receive such a mark of favour at your hands I should not make the request did I not entertain the most confident belief that such an appointment would be conducive to the public service, Mr Crease's qualifications being, as I believe peculiarly valuable in a Colony like British Columbia—a strong constitution, a robust frame, a resolute temper, a practical knowledge of Indian life and of the difficulty to be encountered in the N. American bush, and skill in the control of large bodies of miners, being united in his person to the manners and education of a gentleman and the professional knowledge of a member of the English bar.
Mr Crease is now at Toronto where he has transmitted three letters which I take the liberty of enclosing because they shew the opinion entertained of him by his friends in Canada. One of these letters is from Mr VanKoughnet lately Minister of Agriculture, a second is from Judge Haggarty, and a third from the clergyman at Toronto.

Permit me to add that altho' married yet as his wife and children are in this country under my care, he would be perfectly unencumbered in his action; that his object is not merely to obtain employment but eventually to settle with his family in the Colony; and that he would be ready to accept any appointment for which he is qualified and which is not unbecoming a gentleman.
For myself, as a man not wholly unknown in science and whose services have been freely placed at the command of government upon occasions of considerable importance, I should hope that this application will be regarded by you as one to which you may properly extend your favourable consideration.