The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-21 00:00:00

tive Bolton barber. The group of primitive-looking
machines, the parts of which remind one of the works
of a Dutch clock, include the original rap-wheel,
the drawing-frame, the carding-machine, and the
two spinning-machines, all of which were patented
in 1769. The stupendous changes brought about in
the cotton manufacture by these crazy-looking
engines are almost inconceivable. The present pro-
sperity of the spinning community of the north may
be said to have beenbuilt up by this man. Although,
perhaps, the least inventive of the many men who
have given their minds to our great textile manu-
factures, he managed to combine the inventions of
others into a more perfect series of machines than
had ever before appeared, and to establish the
spinning trade upon its present gigantic basis. He
may have been a robber, as he is often termed, but,
at least, he managed to rescue the ideas of others
from the oblivion into which they were fast falling,
and to give them in combination to all posterity.
What a pity these interesting machines are not
supplemented by a model of Samuel Crampton's
famous mule ! As this cannot be obtained, the saw
with which he worked in making the model of his
machine is hung up in the Museum as a memento of
his skill, just as the palette and brush of Wilkie are
hung up at the base of his statue in the National
Gallery, as implements rendered sacred by his
genius. Whatever maybe the fate of the heteroge-
neous collection of patented and other inventions
that crowd and encumber the present limited
Museum, there can be no manner of doubt that the
patriarchal engines we have noticed must form a
portion of the new museum to be attached to the
Patent-office, whatever may be the principle on
which it is established. "It is very difficult to get
the first of anything," was the very sensible remark
of one of the witnesses examined on the Patent-
office Library and Museum Committee. We have
here the first of these great engines which have
moved the world, an interest attaching to them
which all mankind can understand. The nation
having once possessed them, they must remain the
great attractions of any collection of machinery,
patent or otherwise, Parliament may see fit to
establish.—Times.

Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments

in the Civil. Service.

(From the Civil Service Gazelle.)
Foreign Office.—The Consulship at Frankfort-on-the
Maine has become vacant by the death of Mr. Robert Koch.
Law Department.—A mastership in the Court of Queen's
Bench has become vacant by the death of Sir A. D. Croft,
Bart.

Court of Probate.—A vacancy has occurred in the depart-
ment of the Clerk of the Calendar, in consequence of the
death of Mr. Edward Biddell, second assistant clerk, de-
ceased. A vacancy has occurred in the Record Keeper's
Department, in consequence of the resignation of Mr. Fre-
derick Cope, assistant for Scotch and Irish grants. Mr•
Henry Layton, of the Stamp Office, copying department,
has been promoted to be a reader to the Senior Examiner
of Wills for the Inland Revenue.
Customs.—Mr. Rd. Blacklin has been appointed an out-
door officer, West
,Hartlepool. Mr. John B. Brown has
been appointed an out-door officer, West Hartlepool. Mr.
Henry Gibson has been appointed an out-door officer,
West Hartlepool. Mr. George T. Sedman has been ap-
pointed an out-door officer, West Hartlepool. Mr. Edward
Turnbull has been appointed an out-door officer, West
Hartlepool. Mr. James H. Wallace has been appointed an
out-door officer, West Hartlepool. Mr. William Park,
extra clerk, has been promoted to a clerkship in the long-
room, London. Mr. Isaac L. Meyers, extra clerk, has been
promoted to a clerkship in the warehousing, &c., depart-
ment, London. Mr. I. S. Walker has been promoted
from the second to the first class of out-door officers,
Grimsby. Mr. Frederick Jillott has been promoted from
the third to the second class of out-door officers, Grimsby.
Mr. J. C. Watson has been promoted from the second
to the first-class of out-door officers, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Mr. C. Sawyers has been promoted from the third to the
second class of out-door officers, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Mr.
A. Nevens has been promoted from the fourth to the third
class of out-door offiers, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Mr. P. Ormond
has been promoted from the fourth to the third class of out-
door officers, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Mr. T. Walton has been
promoted from the fourth to the third class of out-door
officers, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Mr. W. Ayres has been pro-
moted from the fifth to the fourth class of out-door officers,
Newcastle-on-Tyne. Mr. W. S. Crawford has been pro-
moted from the fifth to the fourth class of out-door officers,
Newcastle-on-Tyne. Mr. T. Armstrong has been promoted
from the fifth to the fourth class of out-door officers, New-
castle-on-Tyne. Mr. J. Cranston has been promoted from
the fifth to the fourth class of out-door officers, Newcastle-

on-Tyne.
Inland Revenue.—Mr. John M. Hole has been appointed
a clerk in the Fire Insurance Office, Somerset House.
Excise Branch.—Mr. John Carnegie, officer, Edinburgh,

2d division, Edinburgh collection, has been appointed
officer of Liverpool port division, Liverpool collection. Mr.
James Fraser, officer, Pitlochry, Ist division, Perth collec-
tion, has been appointed officer of Crieff division,Perth col-
lection. Mr. Alex. Scott, officer, Campbelton, sth division,
Campbelton collection, has been appointed officer of Pit-
lochry, Ist division, Perth collection. Mr. Donald Mac-
kenzie, preventive man, Oban preventive station, Oban
district, has been appointed officer of Campbleton, sth divi-
sion, Campbleton collection. Mr. John Davies, officer, Worn
ride, Shrewsbury collection, has been appointed officer of
Burton, Ist ride, Lichfield collection. Mr. Michael Molony,
officer, Whitchurch, Ist ride, Shrewsbury collection, has
been appointed officer of Wom ride, Shrewsbury collection.
Mr. Edwin Jenkins, first class assistant, Bromley, 2d divi-
sion, Middlesex collection, has been appointed officer, Whit-
church, Ist ride, Shrewsbury collection.
The East Indies.-31r. F. T. Trevor has been appointed a
member of the Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal
for making laws and regulations. Mr. E. D. Kilburn has
been appointed a member of the Council of the Lieutenant-
Governor of Bengal for making laws and regulations
Mr. G. S. Fagan, second judge of the Court of Small Causes,
Calcutta, has been appointed to officiate as assist.-secretary to
the Government of Bengal in the legislative department.
Mr. W. Masters, professor, Dacca College, has been appointed
a professor in the Hooghly College. Mr. C. Martin has been
appointed a professor in the Dacca College. Mr. C. H.
Tawney has been appointed an assistant professor in the
Presidency College, but to officiate as a professor during the
absence on leave of Mr. E. B. Cowell, or until further orders.
Mr. J. H. A. Branson, judge of Small Cause Court at Cal-
cutta, has been appointed to officiate as senior magistrate of
police, Calcutta. Mr. J. Munro, joint magistrate and deputy-
collector of Sarun, has been appointed to act as magistrate
and collector of Patna.