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'.
An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of Oliver Twist and of H. W. Gosette's Raymond and Agnes; or, The Bleeding Nun of Lindenberg (spelled 'Lindenburgh') on 21 and 23 September 1868. (The 23 September advertisement also notes that Edward Fitzball's Azael the Prodigal is in 'active preparation'.)