"CAPTAIN" BARRY.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5677, 1 May 1880, Page 3

"CAPTAIN" BARRY.

The famed " Captain" Jack Barry has returned to the colony by the ship City of Florence, and intends giving a course of lectures, commencing at Dunediu. The following is from the Otago Daily Times of Thursday :—" As our readers know, Captain William Jackson Bay, the author of c Up and Down, or Fifty years of Colonial Life,' has just arrived in this city, having landed from the City of Florence, ship, from London. Since his departure from New Zealand the captain has Jed a busy, cventtul life, and Dunedinites are to have an opportunity shortly of hearing from his own lips a history of his sojourn at Home. He will lecture on ' My Tour in England ; and the release of Sir Rojer Tichborne, the claimant.' _ As regards the latter portion of this subject, it may be explained lhat the claimant, it ia understood, is to be released in May, and Captain Barry flatters himself that this has been consummated mainly as a result of the light he has thrown on the question during his Home trip. Ib would be unfair to explain here the particulars ; these will form an interesting portion of the promised address. And while we do not Avish to anticipate what the gallant captain may have to tell us of his English experiences, still we believe a few facts as to what he saw and did will be of interest, for Captain Barry has grown to be a personage of importance. As may be imagined, on his arrival in England lie allowed no grass to grew \inder his feet. He soon bad his book under way. The first edition comprised 10,000 copies, of which 2000 were sold inEnglaud before he left Then he was the means of establishing emigration clubs, which continue in activo operation, and through which a batch of immigrants have already reached New South Wales and New Zealand respectively. He had every courtesy and assistance shown him by the AgentGeneralandhis staff in connection with this work and with the lecturing From these facts it is to bo inferred that the gallant captain will interest his hearers ; and in addition, he can give them a full report of the Lord Mayor of London's banquet ; of how he received invitations from Denmark, &c. , to go over and help them in the formation of emigration clubs ; of how a great illuminated address is to follow him to what he may almost term his native shores of New Zealand, being 'England's testimonial' t© him for his exertious in the cause of emigration ; and of many other things. Unquestionably it would appear that Captain William Jackson Barry, ' treble ex-Mayor of Cromwell,' as he used to delight in calling himself, has created some noise in Merrie England. He has brought this colony prominently before the public there, and deserves well at the hands of colonials if only for that fact."