An advertisement for a lecture, to be delivered by Mr R. W. M. Johnson, at the Temperance Hall on 21 July 1868. The lecture, on the subject of Douglas Jerrold, is to be accompanied by 'illustrative readings (embracing contrasts of style of Sydney Smith and Albany Fonblanque)'.
An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of Dion Boucicault's Janet Pride and Samuel Beazley's The Lottery Ticket on 21 and 22 July 1868.
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'.
The Empire alerts readers to the publication of Miss Parkes's 'One Word' with music composed by C. W. Rayner.
A brief review of the 20 July 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of Walter Cooper's Colonial Experience and Thomas Morton's Sink or Swim.
A brief note commending the lecture on the subject of Douglas Jerrold, to be delivered by R. W. M. Johnson at the Temperance Hall on 21 July 1868. The writer suggests that, 'should the weather permit of the assembling of an audience', Mr Johnson will 'furnish an intellectual treat'.
