Buggins begins his weekly article with a reflection on life in a boarding house before embarking on recollections of his journalistic career in England and in Sydney.
Buggins then proceeds to discuss the new season at the Prince of Wales Opera House under 'the indefatigable lessee, Mr. W. Dind' and the productions (on separate nights) of Thomas William Robertson's Caste, W. T. Moncrieff 's Jewess; or, The Council of Constance and George Henry Lewes's The Game of Speculation.
Lastly, Buggins records a personal reflection on the death of Archdeacon John McEncroe.