EDWARD WITHERS, “of London, porcelain or china painter,” entered into an agreement with Mr. Duesbury, on the 8th of May, 1789, engaging himself for three years from the 27th of September in that year “as a painter on porcelain” at the rate of 3_s._ 6_d._ per day. It is said that he had previously been employed at Derby, and from thence removed into Staffordshire, where he worked as a china painter; then to Birmingham, where he worked as a painter of japanned tea-trays. He is stated to have died in Bridge Gate, Derby. A William Withers, potter, residing in 1778 at Rotherham, was in that year a voter at Derby. WILLIAM YATES, a gilder. JOHN YATES, general and flower painter and gilder, apprenticed to, and afterwards employed by Duesbury about 1772. He is said to have excelled in hunting subjects and flowers. In 1876, while this chapter is passing through the press, new China Works, on a large scale, are about to be established on the Osmaston Road, Derby, by Mr. Edward Phillips, one of the proprietors of the Royal Porcelain Works at Worcester; there is therefore at last the pleasant prospect of one of the old staple trades of the town, that of porcelain, being brought back in all its integrity, and carried on with vigour and enlightenment. CHAPTER IV. Chesterfield--Caskon--Heathcote--Brampton--Posset Pots--Puzzle Jugs--Welshpool and Payne Potteries--The Pottery--Walton Pottery--Wheatbridge Pottery--Alma, Barker, and London Potteries--Whittington--Bromley--Jewitt--Newbold--Eckington--Belper --Codnor Park--Denby--Bournes Pottery--Shipley--Alfreton--Langley Mills--Ilkeston--Pinxton--Pinxton China--China Tokens--Wirksworth--Dale Abbey--Repton--Encaustic Tiles--Tile Kilns, London--Tickenhall--Kings Newton--Burton-on-Trent--Swadlincote Potteries--Church Gresley Potteries--Gresley Common--Woodville--Hartshorne, &c.--Wooden Box--Rawdon Works--Pool Works--Coleorton--&c., &c. CHESTERFIELD.