_Stafford Street Works._--This manufactory was originally occupied by Messrs. Reuben Johnson & Co., who produced the ordinary classes of earthenware and stoneware. From them it passed to Messrs. Thomas Furnival, jun. & Co., and “Furnival & Clark,” by whom it was continued until 1851, when it was taken by the present firm, which at that time was Livesley, Powell, & Co. In 1865 Mr. Livesley went out of the concern, when the firm changed its name to “Powell & Bishop,” by which it continues to the present time. Messrs. Powell & Bishop own two other manufactories, the “Church Works” for white granite, and the “Waterloo Works” for china (both of which see), but the Stafford Street Works are their principal ones, or head-quarters. At these works earthenware alone is produced, but this is of the finest quality and in every style of decoration, both for the home, French, Australian (principally Adelaide and Sydney), and other markets. The body is extremely hard, compact, and durable, and whether in pure white or of a creamy tint is clear in colour, and the glaze of faultless quality. The decoration of the dinner services, which is a speciality of these works, ranges from the plain white and printed goods up to the most elaborately and gorgeously enamelled, painted, gilt, and jewelled varieties, and in each of these stages the decorations, whether simple or complicated, are characterized by the purest taste and the most artistic feeling. Messrs. Powell & Bishop are the sole workers of, and possess the exclusive right to and in, a patented process of printing in gold and colours, originally purchased by their firm from some Austrians, by whom it was invented. This important process has been vastly improved by the present firm and brought to bear in a variety of ways upon their manufactures. By this invention a background of dead gold is produced of surpassing beauty and loveliness, and of such solidity and evenness as is perfectly impossible to be obtained by hand-gilding even by the most skilled artist. In this, Messrs. Powell & Bishop have produced services of a novel and faultlessly beautiful character, the designs of which are taken from, and are of equal gracefulness, richness, and beauty with, mediæval MS. illuminations. In toilet services a number of effective and well-conceived designs are produced in every style in transfer printing, lustred, enamelled, painted, and gilt varieties, and the shapes of the ewers are, in some instances, of unusually good designs. Jugs are another speciality of this firm, and they are produced in almost endless variety; many of the arabesque patterns are of great richness and beauty, and are characterized by graceful finish in the enamelling. The same remark will apply to the table flower-pots, which are all that can be desired in form, pattern, and arrangement of colours. Tea and dessert services in great variety are also made in the finest earthenware, and of considerable variety in design. A speciality