It was opposed in the House of Commons by Mr.Pulteney, and in the House of Lords by the Earl of Chesterfield, whose impressive speech on the occasion is one of the few specimens that survive of the parliamentary eloquence of the period.

With the passing of the Licensing Act, Fielding's career as manager and dramatist was brought to a close.

He was constrained to devote himself to the study of the law, and subsequently to the production of novels.

And with the passing of the Licensing Act terminated the existence of the Master of the Revels; the Act, indeed, made no mention of him, ignored him altogether.

He survived, however, under another name--still as the Chamberlain's subordinate and deputy.