The Sun.
London, England, 1834-06-20 00:00:00

MONS. DUPIN.

At the conclusion of the lecture Dr. BIRKBECK
came forward and- said, it then became his pleasing
duty to engage their attention for a few moments. The
members of that institution would recollect that at a
former meeting it was resolved to confer the distinction
of an honorary member on the distinguished individual
then present, Mons. Dupin. (Great cheering.) And
Dr. B. was requested-to inform Mons. Dupin of this
resolution, which he had accordingly done. (Cheers.)
It must be a source of great pleasure and satisfaction
to have enrolled amongst the members of that Institu-
tion an individual so distinguished for ability and libe-
ral sentiments as the President of the Chamber of
Deputies. (Cheers.) He was assured by his noble
friend, the Lord Chancellor, that M. Dupin was a
scientific lawyer—a great friend to universal education,
and highly liberal in his sentiments and opinions.
(Cheers.)
Mons. DUPIN returned thanks in the French
language.
Dr. 13IRKBECK then said he was sure they all felt
deiirous to make some acknowledgment to his dis-
tinguished friend, the Lord High Chancellor of
England. (Cheers.) That noble individual had done
much to promote the interests of the Mechanics' In
stitution, and he knew that his whole heart and soul
were exerted in the cause of extending education.
( Hear, hear.) The Lord Chancellor was still the
mechanics' friend. (Tremendous cheering.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR then presented himself,
but the cheers and applause was so deafening that it
was some time before his Lordship could proceed.
It was with great satisfaction that lie had been able to
assist that evening the reception into the institu-
tion of his distinguished and excellent friend the
Speaker of the French House of Commons, or, as he
was more commonly called, the President of the
Chamber of Deputies. His hon. friend presided over
an assembly of so much ability, so much liberality,
and so much freedom, that it was worthy to be named
in the same breath as the British reformed House of
Commons. (Great cheering.) As he before said,
he felt great pleasure at assisting in the honour
paid to this distinguished foreigner. Mons. Dupin
was a man of liberal and enlightened principles, and
it was most gratifying to see another link, calculated
more firmly to unite together the two greatest nations
in the world, America excepted. ( Cheers.) It
was the duty of rulers, and, in fact, the duty and inte-
rest of all classes in this country, to promote in every
way an intimate friendship with France. ( Hear,
hear.) The time was gone by when the old jargon of
being national enemies had any influence. ( Hear,
hear.) It would be found the closer the connection
between the two countries, the greater would be the
prosperity of both. (Cheers.) With respect to the
Mechanics' Institution, he could safely say that at no
time had his exertions relaxed, and at no time should
they relax in promoting its prosperity. (Tremendous
cheering.
The Lord
Chancellor and Mons. Dupin bowed to
the audience on taking leave ; but the scene at this
moment was one of the most interesting we ever wit-
nessed. The clapping of hands, huzzas, and the
deafening applause from ever) corner of the crowded
theatre, must have made an impression on NI. Dupla
which will not easily be effaced from his recollection.

9vPrOtv. O'r
THE HAGUE, J E Qs4l/414e5t4036 resolved
Clot, among the de v riciNtsithetted with the
fortress of Terneuien,ll63 nettlitatathat part of the
Scheldt forts shall be erected near the village of,
Ellewouls dyke, in the Island of south Beverland, and
also on the east side of-the village of Briskens. His
Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, who arrived
here on Sunday night, will set out again to return to
the head-quarters this evening. Her Royal Highness
the Princess' of Orange, passed 'Through Dusseldorf,
on the 12th, on her way to Weimar..
In the last session of the States-General the several
projects of law were' presented, 'and referred to the
sections which. relate' to the alterations in the first
eight chapters of the first Book of the Code of Com-
merce. The result -of the examination wag that all 'the
sections had objections to articles-23 of the.third chapter,
by which joint-stock companies cannot be established.
without the consent of the government. This article,
against which the principal merchants of Amsterdam
and Rotterdam petitioned both his Majesty and the
Staies General, was defended in a memorial on the
part of the government. Neverthrles's all the sections,
'after 'mature deliberation, have not been able to give
their approbation to the proposed regulations, and one
of the sections even proposed unanimously to petition
his Majesty to expunge the 23d art.

DUTCH FUNDS--AmsTERuAR, JoNr. 17.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.
Afloat Sviit; 454 pet cent. gog to 91 4
Ditto, ditto, 36 per cent. ....... ........ .. : 71 to 74%
Loan of IS:10,. 5 per cent. 10054 to WO%
Ditto, 4.412 and 1 3, 5 per Ce L ........ .....: MA to 976
Exchange on London +. - 1154
Ditto, two mouths. l2 07%. ,
' • - PRUSSIAN FUNDS—BERLIN, JUNE 13.
St. Schuld. Sch. 4 per cent.
Prti,•Fian English Loan, ISIS, 5 per cent lO3 ----
Ditt0:..,..,. 1422, 5. per -- --
Ditto
Bonds 18311,;4 per cunt.... 115 i,„,, 94%
Exchange on London, three months ....... 12 76
-,-I.fitattlin State GaztYte. June 14.

ST: PETERSBIThiCiII, JUNE 3. —From the letters
which our dealers in henip in this city hUve received,
it appears that the quantity that is to be brought to
St. "Petersburgh during the year 1634, from, the in-
terior of the empire,' amounts in all to 2,165;000-poods.
(The hoods at 361bs. English.)