AustLit

An advertisement advising the public 'that the several Parties, alleged to be Partners in The Sydney Times Newspaper ... are not Partners ... and are in no way connected with the fictitious firm of "N. I. Kentish and Co.".'

The advertisement caused some correspondence in Sydney newspapers between Nathaniel Lipscomb Kentish and others including William Kerr.

A notice from the editor of the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (16 October 1838): 2, published in the part of the newspaper normally reserved for 'notices to correspondents', distances the newspaper from this advertisement: 'we beg to state that we knew nothing whatever of the advertisement until we saw it in print'.

Advertisement for: 'Ten Years English Newspapers, each year separately bound commencing with 1819 and ending with the year 1828.'

An update on the refurbishing of the 'stage, machinery,&c.' including a 'new drop scene' (painted by 'Messrs. Fitchett and Strong') at the Royal Victoria Theatre in Sydney. The writer (William Kerr?) discusses new appointments including the 'general management' of John Lazar 'who ... is not to play unless on extraordinary occasions', and the engagement of Joseph Simmons and John Meredith - 'the former to act as stage manager'. The column also reports that Joseph Wyatt, the proprietor, 'is in treaty with Mr. Knowles [Conrad Knowles]' and that 'should Mr. Holt succeed in ousting Mr Wyatt from possession of the old Theatre Royal [Theatre Royal, Sydney] ... an opposition Theatre will ... be opened.'