CHAPTER XVI. 



FOOD RIOTS AT ETRURIA. BOAT-LOAD OF PROVISIONS SEIZED. 

 MILITARY CALLED OUT. RINGLEADERS SEIZED AND 



CONDEMNED. EXECUTION OF BARLOW AT. STAFFORD. 



CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNT OF THE RIOTS. JOSIAH WEDG- 



WOOD'S "ADDRESS TO THE YOUNG INHABITANTS OF THE 

 POTTERIES." SALE OF THE DUCHESS OF PORTLAND'S 

 COLLECTION OF ANTIQUITIES. THE BARBERINI OR PORT- 

 LAND VASE. WEDGWOOD'S DETERMINATION TO POSSESS 

 AND COPY THE VASE. ARRANGEMENT WITH THE DUKE 

 OF PORTLAND. FIFTY COPIES PRODUCED. JOSIAH WEDG- 

 WOOD ELECTED F.S.A. PUBLICATION OF THE SIXTH 

 EDITION OF HIS .CATALOGUE. " BAMBOO OR CANE- 

 COLOURED BISQUE PORCELAIN,"- AND " MORTAR WARE " 

 INTRODUCED. DEATH OF THOMAS WEDGWOOD. CLAY 

 . FROM NEW SOUTH WALES. COMMEMORATIVE MEDALLION. 

 DARWIN'S BOTANIC GARDEN. WEDGWOOD TAKES HIS 

 SONS INTO PARTNERSHIP. THOMAS BYERLEY BECOMES A 

 PARTNER. MEMOIR OF BYERLEY AND HIS FAMILY. 

 TREATY WITH SAXONY. ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL 

 GALLERY OF SCULPTURE. 



IN the year 1783, an unfortunate occurrence took place at 

 Etruria, which caused intense anxiety to Josiah Wedgwood. 

 It will be remembered that, consequent on the disastrous 

 American war, trade became stagnant, there was a dearth of 

 provisions, and " food riots " of a fearful character took 

 place in various districts. Etruria, the newly formed, well 

 conducted, and usually peaceable colony of potters, unfortu- 

 nately became the scene of one of the wildest and most 

 daring of these risings of a starving people. The pro- 

 ceedings are thus well described by Ward : " A boat laden 

 with flour and cheese had stopped at the wharf near the 



