21 JUNE 1834, Page 20

MR. BABBAGE'S CALCULATING MACHINE.

THURSDAY was a proud day for the Mechanics Institute; for, on the occasion of Dr. LARDNER describing the Calculating Machinery in- vented by Mr. BARRAGE, Lord BROUGHAM introduced the illustrious foreigner 141. DUPIN ; to whom Dr. BIRKRECK, on behalf of the Insti- tute, presented its diploma. The theatre was of course crowded in