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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... no. 5070 19 February 1868 of The Empire est. 1850 The Empire
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1868 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Prince of Wales Opera House : The Game of Speculation, &c., single work advertisement

An advertisement for the production of George Henry Lewes's The Game of Speculation and Richard Sheridan's The Critic at the Prince of Wales Opera House on 18 and 19 February 1868.

The 18 February performance was under the patronage of the officers of H. M. S. Galatea; the 19 February performance was 'by the command of H. R. H. The Duke of Edinburgh'.

(p. 1)
The Last Night of Miss Aitken and Mr. T. P. Hill, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the final performance by Miss Aitken and Mr T. P. Hill at the Masonic Hall on 20 February 1868.

(p. 1)
Mr. Parkes and the Newspaper Tax, single work correspondence

The Wallsend correspondent of the Newcastle Chronicle seeks to enlist the support of the Hon. Henry Parkes in removing the tax levied on country delivery of newspapers.

(p. 2)
Lecture by Rev. T. S. Forsaith, single work column

A report on a lecture delivered by the Rev'd T. S. Forsaith to the Surry Hills Literary Institute. Forsaith used the nursery rhyme 'Jack Sprat' to illustrate his 'exposure of the fallacy of recent sceptical criticism'.

(p. 2)
The Flaneur in Sydney, 'The Flaneur in Sydney' , single work prose satire

The 'Flaneur' offers comments on three disparate subjects: colonial governments (particularly in India); the Irish in the colony of New South Wales; and the social scandals of Paris.

The 'Flaneur' also writes: 'It is said that a satirical journal is to be started shortly in support of Ministerial interests. It is to be called The Mongoose, and is intended to act as a counterpoise to The Laughing Jackass. The contest between the two will be watched with some interest.' [There is no evidence that a journal titled 'The Mongoose' was ever published.]

(p. 3)
Phillip M'Carroll, Pitt Streeti"When first our present worthy Mayor", single work poetry (p. 4)
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