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settled and has a family ; Frances, married to Mr. William 

 Parkes, of the Marble Yard, Warwick, and afterwards of 

 London (Mrs. Parkes was the authoress of " Domestic 

 Duties," and other works), and was the mother of the pre- 

 sent Dr. Parkes, of London, whose writings are so well 

 known among the profession, and related also to the present 

 gifted writer, " Bessie Parkes," whose name is so well 

 known to readers ; Maria, who died unmarried ; Sarah, who 

 also died unmarried ; Anne, married to Mr. Samuel Coltman, 

 late of Leicester and of Thornbridge, Derbyshire, and is the 

 only surviving daughter of Mr. Byerley ; Jane Margaret, 

 who died unmarried ; Elizabeth, married to Mr. Lowndes, 

 of Liverpool ; Catherine, married (as second wife) to Dr. 

 Anthony Todd Thomson, President of the Royal Physical 

 Society of Edinburgh, and authoress of many highly popular 

 stories ; and Charlotte Octavia, who died young and un- 

 married. Mr. Byerley was a man of great business capa- 

 bilities, of scrupulous exactness, and of unwearied industry ; 

 and both during his residence in London, where he managed 

 the London business, and at Etruria, he took a very active 

 and useful part in the management of the commercial part 

 of the concern. 



In the beginning of the year 1 792 a treaty with Saxony, 

 somewhat on the same principle as the existing one with 

 France, for the importation of their china into this country, 

 and of our earthenware into Saxony, was proposed, and 

 the earthenware and china manufacturers of this country 

 were invited to meet the Privy Council to give information 

 as to their respective trades, and the effect the treaty would 

 have upon them. This treaty was said by the china makers 

 to have been promoted by Mr. Wedgwood. A letter, written 

 at the time, of the 12th of March, 1792, the day before the 

 china manufacturers met the Privy Council, in my posses- 

 sion, says 



" I find the business may be a very serious one as it is respecting 

 a treaty of commerce for the importation of Saxon and other china, 



