CAPTAIN BARRY'S LECTURE.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2077, 20 October 1880, Page 3

CAPTAIN BARRY'S LECTURE.

A numerous audience gathered at the Oddfellows' Hall last night to hear Captain William Jackson Barry discourse on his experiences in the colonies and at Home. At eight o'clock the lecturer entered, bowed to his vieitors, and blew his nose. He then unfastened the black bag, from which he took his book of travels and "the Queen's letter," of which most of those present had previously heard, the Captain having made rather frequent reference to that remarkable document on a former occasion. He then lit a candle on the table, which declined to burn, however, and expired after a momentary flicker, and the Captain again refreshed himself with cambric. This little piece of " business " having paved the way for a commencement, and the audienoe exhibiting a tendency to give an attentive hearing, the lecturer launched on his subject, after making a few introductory remarks condemnatory of the recoption acoorded to him in the Academy of Music and the unnecessary sacrifice of eggs on his behalf. He traced his life from the date of his birth, " which occurred at a very early period of his existence," and it appeared that he soon began to display a spirit of adventure and that predilection for high society which in later years brought him so much distinction. He budded, so to speak, in the company of nobility, and bloomed under its genteel influence, till departing "on his own hook." he spent a mixed existence in the colonies, and oaw many strange adventures by flood and field. New South Wales, Victoria, New Zealand, California, and the high seas found Captain Jackson Barry at onetime or another doing the most extraordinary things ever contemplated in the imagination of man, and finally he thought of writing a book, and went home to get it published. How he got home, having no means of his own, the Captain next related, with a good deal of humor, and detailed his adventures in England, where he mixed in the very "tiptop" society, riding in Hydo Park between two lords, and otherwise distinguishing himself in the eyes of the " Great world of London," whilst he addressed multitudes from 121 platforms throughout the country. There were several interruptions throughout the evening, but on the whole the meeting was tolerably quiet, and the Captain, apparently, got his lecture off to his own satisfaction, as he thanked those present in conclusion for their attention, and announced that he would, on a future occasion, deliver an openair address in Cathedral square.