Issue Details: First known date: 1838... vol. 36 no. 3090 10 March 1838 of The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser est. 1803 Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser
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Notes

  • A short news items on page 2 gives the information that a 'preliminary meeting of the Literary and Debating Society will be held at the Mechanics' School of Arts on the 3rd April'.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1838 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
St Patrick's Ball, single work column

This column notes that the St Patrick's Day ball is to be held at Joseph Wyatt's new Royal Victoria Theatre, using the theatre's stage as a ballroom. Measurements are given for the stage.

A later issue of the Gazette reports that half of the pit would be boarded over to add to the amount of room for dancing. See the Sydney Gazette (13 March 1838): 2

(p. 2)
Untitled, A. Levy , single work correspondence

In this correspondence, A. Levy gives information on how adverse remarks made by a Sydney actor, M. Munyard, in a letter were circulated. The remarks led to a disturbance at the Theatre Royal, Sydney where members of the audience heckled Munyard.

(p. 2)
Foolscap Paper, single work advertisement

Advertisement.

(p. 3)
Theatre Royal, Sydney : Charles the Second &c., single work advertisement

Advertisement for: Performance on 10 March 1838 of ‘for the first time these two years, the popular Comedy, in 2 Acts, called Charles the Second, or, The Merry Monarch’ [John Howard Payne, 1824]; and ‘to conclude with the Melo Drama in two Acts, called The Charcoal Burner, or, The Dropping Well of Knaresborough’ [George Almar, 1832].

(p. 3)

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Note: Contains the seventh instalment of the Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, (p. 4).
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