The inauguration of the Manchester Whitworth Institution took place on
Thursday afternoon. This is an institution which, owing its origin to the magnificent bequest of Sir Joseph Whitworth, appears likely to obtain the control of even much larger resources than those which Sir Joseph Whitworth provided. The Manchester School of Art and the Manchester Technical School have been fused with the Whit- worth Institute ; and consequently the Committee of the Jubilee Exhibition at Manchester have handed to the new Institute more than £40,000, as the proceeds of that Exhibition. After the purchase of the park (which the Whitworth trustees retain), and the laying out of large sums on the park and on new contributions to the art collection and the museum, the first President of the Institute, Mr. Richard Copley Christie, handed to the honorary treasurer £43,000, with the legal docu- ments representing the title-deeds of the property. Mr. Christie, who is the Chancellor of the Diocese of Manchester, and has had a principal share in shaping Sir Joseph Whit- worth's benevolent intentions, is a man of great ability and learning, and will certainly be a most efficient head of this great institution.
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