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extension of patent rights, the bill passed the House of 

 Commons, through the influence of Edmund Burke, 

 almost unaltered. But when it reached the House of 

 Lords, Lord Gower and several other noble lords having 

 met and specially considered the bill, determined to 

 oppose it. The result was the introduction of two 

 clauses the first making it imperative on Champion to 

 enrol anew his specification of both body and glaze 

 within four months, and the second throwing open the 

 use of the raw materials for potters for any purposes 

 except the manufacture of porcelain. These modifica- 

 tions, though limited, proved of much advantage to the 

 Staffordshire potters. 



Champion spared no pains or expense in turning 

 out the best quality of work, and he succeeded in pro- 

 ducing an excellent body and a remarkably fine glaze. 

 He produced some truly exquisite specimens of porce- 

 lain, both in design, in modelling, and in painting. But 

 the Bristol manufactory was by no means a success. 

 In about two years after obtaining the Act of Parlia- 

 ment, Champion closed his works, and sold his patent 

 right to a company of Staffordshire potters. They were 

 men of good standing, and carried on their works at 

 New Hall, Shelton. Champion himself removed for a 

 time into Staffordshire. He then emigrated to South 

 Carolina, United States, where he died. 



