The author, possibly the editor of the Sydney Gazette, George Cavanagh, notes the building of the New Theatre in Pitt Street and mentions theatrical identities of the time, Joseph Wyatt, Simes (T. Simes?), Mrs Levy (Sarah Emma Levy) and John Lazar. The author also apologises to John Lazar for altering '... the words "Vivant Regina" appended [to the latter's advertisements in the Sydney Gazette] into "Vivat Regina".
Advertisement for: Performance on 6 January 1838 for the second time of: 'the Musical Burletta in 1 Act, called The Married Bachelor, or, Master and Man' [P. P. O'Callaghan, 1821] and 'for the first time at half-price, the grand romantic Drama in three Acts, called The Jewess, or, The Council of Constance'.