wages in, 90-91 and _n._, 133-134 Cotton yarn, imported from East, 8, 9, 16; imported from other countries, 29_n._; imported from Continent for Scotch manufactory, 180 Crank and comb device. See Arkwright Crofters in Manchester district, 70 Cromford, Arkwright’s factory at, 81, 100 Crompton, Samuel, birth and early life, 114; character, 120-121; lacked business qualities, 118, 150; death in 1827, 159, 160; inventor of mule, 113; endeavoured to improve quality of yarn, 114, 167; began to construct mule, 114, 167, 168-170; completed and used mule, 114, 161, 167, 173; gave up weaving and kept to spinning, 167; made mule public, 116, 167, 168, 173; reasons for not obtaining patent, 118; agreed to subscription (1780) as reward for invention, 116 and _n._, 118, 120, 168-169, 181, 187; received only £100 as reward in 1780, 120, 169, 187; public subscription for, in 1802, 150, 166-167; its poor result, 151, 169, 188; Appeal to Parliament in 1812, 151, 153, 154, 155, 170; his petition, 172-174; memorial and signatures presented to Chancellor of Exchequer, 168-172; committee on his petition, 129, 184-185; minutes of evidence, 186-191; proceedings in reference to his appeal, 155-157, 172-174; his petition recommended by Prince Regent, 155, 172; presented to Parliament, 172-173; award of £5000 in 1812, 151, 155, 158; reduced to poverty by 1824, 159; annuity raised by friends in 1824, 159; further petition in 1826, 159-160; gratuity of £50 given to his son, 161; combined business of small farmer with that of spinner, 149; refused to join Peel’s business, 149; difficulty of retaining his workers, 152 and _n._; embarked without success on bleaching business, 158; continued business of spinning and manufacturing at Bolton, 158; unsuccessful partnership as spinner and cotton merchant, 158; his part in development of mule, 162, 165, 179; his account of value of mule to cotton industry, 169-170, 173, 180; effects of his work, 162; unacquainted with Arkwright’s rollers, 121-122; destroyed carding-machine on which he was experimenting, 121; relations with members of his family, 152; overseer of poor, 149; member of Bolton prosecution club, 159_n._; monument and statue, 160; Hall-i’-th’-Wood museum and memorial, 161 and _n._; correspondence of, to M‘Connel & Kennedy respecting subscription of 1803, 166-167; to M‘Connel & Kennedy respecting proceedings in London, 174-175; to M‘Connel & Kennedy, respecting proceedings after sittings of Committee, 192-194; to Kennedy respecting petition proceedings, 175-176; to family respecting petition proceedings, 176-178; to Kennedy respecting evidence for appeal to Parliament, 178-179; grant to family from Royal Bounty Fund, 197_n._