An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of William Shakespeare's Othello and William E. Suter's A Quiet Family on 9 May 1868.
An advertisement to printers, advising the availability for rent of a country newspaper 'in good working order'.
An advertisement seeking agents for the Australian Protestant Banner.
A detailed report on the inquest, held in Grafton, into James Lionel Michael's death. The report also includes biographical information, and the text of the poem (found among Michael's personal effects) 'What Songs Were They'. The poem was incorporated into a letter to Mr Stevenson. The letter, dated Christmas 1867, included instructions to be carried out in the event of Michael's death.
The second part of this editorial in The Empire deals with Henry Parkes's assertion, upon opening a public school in Goulburn, New South Wales, that a child who 'opens his eyes to the wildest scenery in the world' and who is perhaps neglected by his parents in such an environment, will turn out to be 'a defier of the law'. The editorial refutes Parkes's theory using quotes from Lord Byron's Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and from William Shakespeare's As You Like It.
(The authors and sources of the quotes are not identified but are alluded to: Shakespeare's quote is said to be from a 'great public teacher'; Byron's from 'another great English poet'.)
A brief column noting James Stark's performance in the Royal Victoria Theatre production of Edward Bulwer Lytton's Money on 8 May 1868.
The 'Flaneur' muses on Sydney's recent political and social occurrences, including the need for beautification of public spaces, and the jealousy of country people over the proportion of public expenditure directed towards the city. The 'Flaneur' also highlights the need for 'accommodation for destitute strangers' in Sydney.
An advertisement for the sale by auction of the library of the Rev'd W. H. Walsh. The library is described as comprising '1000 Volumes in every department of Theology and Literature'. The collection is brought to the attention of 'Clergymen, Collectors, Librarians, Booksellers, and others'.
