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was, that " Lord Gower and some other noble lords, having 

 fully informed themselves of the facts upon which the merits 

 of the case depended, and having considered the subject 

 with a degree of attention proportioned to its importance, 

 saw clearly the injurious nature of the Bill, and were deter- 

 mined to oppose it." This determination brought on a 

 conference between the two noble lords who took the most 

 active part for and against the Bill, and 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 the usual period of four months. The 

 second, throwing open the use of the raw materials to 

 potters for any purpose except the manufacture of porcelain, 

 was as follows : 



" Provided, also, that nothing in this Act contained shall be con- 

 strued to hinder or prevent any potter or potters, or any other 

 person or persons, from making use of any such raw materials, or 

 any mixture or mixtures thereof (except such mixture of raw 

 materials, and in such proportions, as are described in the specifi- 

 cation hereinbefore directed to be enrolled), anything in this Act to 

 the contrary notwithstanding." 



The Act being obtained, the specification dated the 12th 

 of September, 1755, was duly enrolled on the 15th of the 

 same month. 



Armed with his new Act of Parliament, by which he was 

 empowered to enjoy nearly twenty- two years' patent right, 

 Champion spared no pains and no expense to make the 

 productions of his works as good as possible ; and that he 

 succeeded in producing a magnificent body and a remark- 

 ably fine glaze, and in turning out some truly exquisite 

 specimens of fictile art, both in design, in potting, in model- 

 ling, and in painting, is fully evident by examples still 

 remaining in the hands of some fortunate possessors. As I 

 have already given examples of some of the productions of 

 the Plymouth works, my readers, I doubt not, will be glad 

 to have them supplemented by one or two of Champion's 

 make. 



