CAPTAIN BARRY AT HOME.

Dunstan Times, Issue 913, 17 October 1879, Page 3

CAPTAIN BARRY AT HOME.

The following letter has beeen Landed to acontemporary for publication : —“ Queen’s Hotel, St. Martin’s-leGraud London, Aug. 11th, 1879.—Dear Mr , Since my arrival in England on March 10th last, 1 have been very busy in finding a suitable publisher for my book. After considerable delays and disapppointments I have succeeded, and it is now making fast progress through the press, and will be published in about six weeks from now. Since my residence in London I have written an appendix to it, and intend giving portraits of the early pioneers who have done so much for the advancement of New Zealand in making it what it now is, and depicting a glorious future. I have got portraits engraved from the photos I brought with me, yours among the rest. An early copy of the book will be sent to you as soon as published, and have no doubt but that you will be pleased with it. It will be issued by one of the most eminent publishers in London. I have shown the specimen of coal from your estate to various men here who ar interested in mines, and the quality of coal all have pronounced first-rate I would not advise you to sell till you see or hear further from me. From the various addresses, 1 have given a summary ofNew Zealand mineral products, and have induced capitalists to come out who may further develop the various valuable minerals, I am about to take a tour through Great Britain to give lectures on the outlines of my Book, and upon New Zealand as a field

for emigration. I have, as you will have seen by the papers I have sent to you, given occasional addresses, and upon the interview I had with the Claimant in Portsea Prison, the Pariculars of which I refer yon to the papers. 1 hav secured a block from the woodcut of your portrait, which will appear in the appendix, and which I intend s-nding to you ns soon as the book is out. England is at present in a very bad state, trade almost at a standstill, and the unemployed very numerous. I hope when I begin to lecture to awaken the right sort to emigrate to our Colony. Since my arrival here 1 have made many friends and acquaintances- some, men of mark, and when I return, which I hope to be spared to do, I shall have much to tell you about my travels in this country, which in all probability will still be 12 months. I have written but a hasty few lines, feeling it a duty I owe to you as being one of the best and earliest pioneers, and 1 have shown in my appendix in your case what energy and perseverance can accomplish.—l am, &c., W. J. Barry.”