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producing the Feirchiitz downwards none but foreign operas have 

 been performed at that theatre. Mr. Arnold has, therefore, forfeited 

 his license. 



It being then found that neither at Drury Lane, Co vent Garden, 

 Olympic, Adelphi, nor at the English Opera, the composer of 

 music can find employment for his genius, it suggests itself natu- 

 rally that he must have a national opera built for the exclusive per- 

 formance of English works, and where all those who profess talent 

 will find a market for it, and without prejudice ; for such a theatre 

 Mr. Barnett petitioned the King and the Chamberlain, but neither 

 his Majesty or the Duke of Devonshire entered into the interests of 

 the musicians : his Majesty, is in truth, no patron of the arts, and the 

 Duke dislikes every thing that is not foreign. Mr. Rodwell pub- 

 lished a pamphlet, endeavouring to rouse the energies of his sleepy 

 brother musicians to do something towards establishing the opera, 

 but nothing has of yet come of all this. We should recommend Mr. 

 Barnett, if he can find speculating friends, who will between them 

 put down so much money as may be required to build a national 

 opera, to build it in spite of the want of taste and feeling of the King 

 towards artists, or the fastidious coldness of the Lord Chamberlain ; 

 for we cannot but feel that an art must not go down, and a whole 

 class of people either be driven from their native homes or be ex- 

 posed to want in them, because two individuals say, ' ' we set our face 

 against you." The question would, no doubt, be taken up by Par- 

 liament, and a bill would be brought in for the establishment of a 

 theatre that would bring music to a high pitch of excellence in Eng- 

 land, and reward English composers with honour and remuneration. 



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