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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... no. 5189 7 July 1868 of The Empire est. 1850 The Empire
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* Contents derived from the , 1868 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Royal Victoria Theatre : Colonial Experience, &c., single work advertisement

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of Walter Cooper's Colonial Experience and of Pilgrim of Love on 4, 6, 7 and 8 July 1868.

 (p. 1)
To Printers and Newspaper Proprietors, single work advertisement

An advertisement, probably placed by Samuel Bennett (sole proprietor, printer and publisher of the Empire), for the sale of a single cylinder printing machine. The sale is being offered 'to make room for a new machine daily expected from England'.

 (p. 1)
Victoria Theatre, single work review
— Review of Colonial Experience Walter H. Cooper , 1868 single work drama ;

A brief review of the 6 July 1868 Royal Victoria Theatre production of Thomas Cooper's Colonial Experience. The reviewer says that, in spite of 'some extraneous slang, the piece is superior to the average productions of London playwrights'.

 (p. 2)
'Up with the Rag!', 'A Bedouin' , single work criticism (p. 3)
To Denis O'Shaughnassey, Drumcondra, Dublin. Per Favor of The Empire, Timothy Fogarty , single work correspondence humour

An epistle on the possibility of raising a contingent of Irish 'Volunteers' in Australia. The letter includes the text of some marching songs, including 'Arrah, Paddy you gander, you're like a Highlander'.

 (p. 3)
Phillip M'Carroll. Pitt-Streeti"In Liverpool and Sussex streets, M'Carroll now is there,", single work poetry (p. 4)
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