An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of Timothy Kendrick's The Duellist; or, The Husband of an Hour and Walter H. Cooper's A New Crime on 12 August 1868.
An advertisement for various books for sale. The titles listed are for non-fiction books by English authors; the subject matter varies.
An advertisement for the third and fourth of Grace Egerton and George Case's 'Six Farewell Performances', Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, 12 and 13 August 1868.
An advertisement for the Illustrated London News. 'Subscriptions received.'
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 presses the case for strong support for the benefit night for Mr Andrews, 'a very worthy member of the corps now playing on the boards of the old 'Vic.'
The Empire praises the performances of George Case and Grace Egerton at the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts.
The Empire reproduces an announcement from the Attorney General on the enactment of the Treason Felony Act. The Attorney General points out that 'an impression seems to exist that the Treason Felony Act has been disallowed. This is not the fact ... In point of law, the approval of her Majesty is not necessary to the validity of any Act passed by the Parliament of this colony. Her Majesty may within two years from the passing of the Act disallow it; but if not expressly disallowed it remains in force.'
A comment on the 11 August 1868 performances at the Royal Victoria Theatre.
