The Freeman's Journal advises its readers that the trial for the prosecution of the newspaper – instituted by the Premier and Attorney General James Martin – is scheduled for 3 November in the Supreme Court.
Buggins comments on the death, in Paris, of American actress and poet Adah Isaacs Menken, and notes the first appearance of Madame Anna Bishop at Sydney's Prince of Wales Opera House.
He then continues: 'There has been very little novelty in the dramatic portion of the entertainments ... We have had Planche's Faint Heart Never Won a Fair Lady which is not one of the most brilliant of his productions ... Then we had The Handsome Husband ... and one or two farces.'
An advertisement for James Hill, bookseller and stationer, advising of the arrival of 'a large assortment of standard Catholic works, Bibles, Prayer Books, &c., which he is determined to sell at the very lowest prices'.
An advertisement, for Greville and Company, for the sale of various types of paper, pens, pencils, slates, ledgers and other stationery items.
An advertisement for James Cole's cheap book and stationery depot. James Cole has available the 'complete poetical works' of Thomas Moore, Henry Longfellow and Lord Byron.
An advertisement advising that the proprietors of the Freeman's Journal have entered into a 'job printing business' and 'are now prepared to execute orders'.
A list of suburban, country and inter-colonial agents for the Freeman's Journal.
An advertisement advising that Greville and Company are the 'authorised Sydney agents of all the leading provincial journals of New South Wales' and are able 'to offer terms for the insertion of advertisements which can be done by none but a recognised agent'.
An advertisement advising that Freeman's Journal 'is filed and may be seen, free of charge, at Holloway's, 533, Oxford-street, W. C., (late of 224, Strand) London, where advertisements and subscriptions may be received'.
An advertisement for Greville and Company, agents for Messers Harrild and Sons, London, advertising the sale of various items of printing machinery and equipment.
