Mr. Whitworth, the well known engineer and manufacturer of artillery,
has signified to Government his intention of founding thirty scholarships worth 1001. a year each, to advance industrial education. They are to be given by competitive examinations in mechanics and the cognate sciences, the object being to " bring science and industry into closer relations," or, as the Duke of Somerset put it, to make scientific foremen. The magnificent gift has been duly acknowledged by the President in Council, and was, on Friday se'nnight, the subject of eulogistic discussion in the House of Lords. Lord Granville said no such benefaction had ever been made, and all the Peers hoped the example would be extensively followed. We look, therefore, for an immense sub- scription to technical education from the House of Peers, which could afford 10,0001. a head, or 5,600,0001., quite easily. That sum would be quite sufficient, and half of it would found a good system of scientific education.
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