DUPIN, ANDR6-JCARIE JEAN-JACQUES. 



DUPIN, CHARLES, BARON. 



Australia. Hit Tbomu Brisbane, who wa* then governor of Now 

 South Walm, afforded the naturaluU the menu of exploring the Blue 

 Mountain* luid the plain! of BathunL M. Duperrty then Mt sail for 

 N*ir Zealand, and after a abort stay entered again among the islands 

 of UM Pacific Ocean. Several island* were discovered, among which 

 wa* a group which received the name of the Duperrey Island*. M. 

 Dupemy afterward* examined Uie iiortheru part of Kew Guinea, 

 traversed the Molucca*, made a abort stay at the islands of Mauritius 

 and Bourbon, and then paaaing round the Cape of Good Hope, readied 

 the port of MareeiU* on the 24th of April 1 1 



The principal results of this inipoitaut scientific expedition were 

 presented to the public under Uie title of a * Voyage autour du Monde, 

 execute' par Oitire du Koi cur la Corvette La Coquille, pendant les 

 Annie* ISi-'. 1823, 1624, et 1825,' Paris, 1826-80. The historical 

 part comists of text (not completed), 1 vol. royal 4 to, with atlas, royal 

 folio, containing 60 coloured plates; Zoology, 2 volt. 4to, and 1 vol. 

 folio (complete) ; Botany, 1 vol. 4to and 1 voL folio (not complete) ; 

 Hydrography, 1 vol. 4to (uot complete), and 1 vol. folio (complete). 

 The Zoology i by Messrs. Lesson and Gamut. The Botany U by 

 Duuiout d'urville, liory de Saint-Vincent, and Bronguiart. Tiie 

 Hydrography U by If. Duperrey ; and the Physical Science, also b v 

 him, forma 1 vol. roy. 4to, with maps, exhibiting the terrestrial mag- 

 netiaui, end ia complete. 



1MJP1N, ANDHfc-MARIK-JEAN-JACQUES, was born February 

 1, 17?3, at Vurzy, in the French department of Nievre. He is the 

 oldest of three brothers, of whom Baron Charles Dupin is the stcoud, 

 and Philippe Dupin, a lawyer, who was born October 7, 1795, and 

 died February 14, 1846, was the third. The father, Charles Andre 

 Dupin, was a lawyer and magistrate of eminence, and himself super- 

 intended the early education of his BOOS. 



Aadn$ Dupiu, after having been some time in the office of a lawyer, 

 was aeot to the Academie de Legislation at Paris, as the pupil elect 

 of the department of Nievre; and when the school* of law were 

 re-established in 1804, be received from them successively the degree 

 of Ueeneiate and doctor of luws. In IblO he failed in a competition 

 for a j.rofessoi ship of law, and thenceforward devoted himself to the 

 bar. In 1813 he became secretary to a commission for the classifica- 

 tion of the laws of the empire. In May IS 15 he was elected a 

 uwinber of th chamber of representatives, and in the committee of 

 the 23rd of June opposed the proposal to proclaim the young King 

 of Rome as emperor under the title of Napoleon IL In October 1815 

 be puUished hie ' Libre Defense dee Accuse 1 *,' and in November he 

 wae united with Berryer in the defence of Marshal Ney. In 181(3 

 he defended the Hire; Englishmen, Wilson, Bruce, and Hutchinson, 

 who were accused of aiding the escape of Lavalette from prison. 

 Among many other instances in which his aid was given to those who 

 were exposed to danger either from party violence or from the 

 injustice of arbitrary power, may be mentioned his eloquent defence 

 of the poet Beranger in 1821, and of the 'Journal des Debate" in 

 18W; and so great was his reputation as a sound lawyer that he was 

 scarcely le*a employed in chamber practice than in public causes. 



In 1826 be wae elected a member of the chamber of deputies, and 

 he retained his seat till 1842. H waa active and infliu-nU.il in the 

 measures of opposition which produced the revolution of 1830. In 

 August 18SO be wae appointed procureur-ge'ac'ral of the court of 

 emanation, and wai called to take part in the first cabinet formed by 

 Louie Philippe. At this period he apoke La the chamber of deputies 

 frequently and energetically, not only for Uie adoption of liberal 

 measure* by die government but against the abuses of liberty by the 

 preee and UM working classae. On the 21st of November 1882 he 

 was elected president of the chamber of deputies, and h- was seven 

 times re elected. la the same year he was cboscu a member of the 

 Aeadeaie TranoaiM. 



When the revolution of 1848 compelled Louis Philippe to abdicate 

 the throne, M. Dupin led the young Comte de Paris into the chamber 

 of deputies, and proposed him as King of the French, with the 

 Duche** of Orleans as regent during his minority. This attempt to 

 itrm the tide of repoblicanUm having failed, be yielded to the national 

 will, and retaining hie office of procureur-ge'ne'ral, obtained a decision 

 of the court of cassation that in future justice should be administered 

 in the name of the French people. Having been elected a member of 

 the AsettnbUe ConstHoante be forthwith became actively engaged in 

 the formation of the new government, as president of the couimimion 

 of regulation, president of the committee of legislation, and member 

 of the constitutional commission. On the 18th of Hay 1849 M. I ",. n, 

 was elected a member of the legislative assembly, of which, on the 

 1st of June following, be waa chosen president, and he retained this 

 situation till the aaeembly was dissolved. The courage, coolness, and 

 firmness which be displayed amidst the tumultuous violence of the 

 factions of that stormv period, were regarded with genrral admiration. 

 He continued to retain his situation of prncureur-grm'-ral even after 

 the act of December 8, 1851, but resigned it in 1852, on the day 

 afur the publication of the decrees confiscating the property of the 

 home of Orleans. 



The publication* of M. AndrtS Dupin ore numerous and valuable. 

 They are nearly all on legal subject*. His earliest work waa the 

 Prmcipia Jurla Civil!*,' 6 vnls., 12mo, Paris, 1806, and he com- 

 menced in the name year bis ' Memolrci et Plaidoyers de 1806 au ler 



Janvier 1830,' 20 vol.. 4 to. Hi* ' Manual du droit Eocleaiastique 

 Praucais,' 12uio, Paris, was censured by the Congregation of the 

 Index at Rome and by the Archbishop of Lyon, whose mandate 

 against it was supprceaed by the French council of state. One of bis 

 latest works, and almost tho only one not connect d with the law, is 

 ' Le Moryan ; Teyogreptue, Agriculture, Moours des Habitants, Ktat 

 Aucien, Ktat Actuel,' 1-m >, I'aris, 1853. 



(Biographic da Oontemporaint ; Xav-rdli Biographic Giutralt.) 

 DUPIN, CHARLES, BARON, brother of Andre" Dupin, was born 

 October 6, 1784, at Vany, in the departm ,-re. After 



1 his rudimentary education from his father, he was sent in 

 ISsOl to the tail* Polytechniquc of Paris. In 1803 he entered the 

 French navy as au engineer. He was employed ia 1S05 on the arsenal 

 and other defensive works of Antwerp, and afterwards assieted in the 

 works of reconstruction of the harbour of Genoa. In 1808 he pro- 

 ceeded with tho squadron which was sent by Napoleon I. to take 

 possession of the Ionian Islands, which were ceded to France i 

 by tho treaty of Tilsit The squadron return .1 to France, but Charles 



1 lupin remained at Corfu, where he assisted at the formation of the 

 Ionian Academy, and became its secretary, and alao its professor of 

 mechanics and the physical science;. He left the loniau Islands in 

 1811, and after b*iu, r detained in Italy several mouths by illnnet, 

 returned to Paris in 1812. Ho presented some rnexoir* to the 1 

 Institute, and was elected a carrespondiug member. In 1813 he was 

 scut to Toulon, where he instituted the Muaee Maritime, 



After the peace he was sent in 1815 to take charge of the works of 

 tho arsenal of Dunkerque, and while there formed the desire of ] 

 over to England, in order to study the great works of con 

 th:it country. His rcque.-t to be authorised to do this, at his own 

 expense, was at first refused by the French government, but was at 

 length concede.! ; and in 1S1G he commenced his ti 

 gatious in Great Britain. In these labours, which occupied about 

 twenty months, peculiar opportunities of observation were a Bo: 

 him ; he received assistance from some of the most distinguished men 

 of science in the country, and he was granted access to a large moss 

 of official documents, many of which were by him for the fir.it time 

 minced to a popular and comprehensive shape. He rcturnud to I 

 iu 1818, but made two or three additional journey 

 and Ireland before his great work was completed. The publication of 

 the first part was commenced in 1820 under the title of ' Voyage 

 la Grandd-Bretagne de 1816 a 1819,' 6 vols. 4to, with atlas 

 1820-24; and also the 'Force Comuierciale de la Graode-Bretagno,' 



2 vols. 4to, of which a translation into English was published 

 the title of ' The Commercial Power of Great Britain, exhibit 

 complete View of the Public Works of this Country, under the h 

 Heads of Streets, Roads, Canals, Aqueducts, Bridges, Coasts, and 

 Maritime Ports; by the Boron Dupin, Member of tue Institute of 

 France,' 2 vols. Svo, with 4to atlas of Plans, Elevations, ic., London, 

 1825. While the publication of his work wag in progress, M. Charles 

 Dupin was mode a member of the French Academy < 



received the cross of an officer of the Legion of Honour, and i . 

 was created a Baron. During the same period he was appointed Pro- 

 fessor of Mechanics at the Conservatoire des Ails et Metiers, and 

 published his courses of lectures as three separate works, under the 

 titles of ' La Geometric appliquue aux Arts,' ' La Mechanique app 

 aux Arts,' and ' La Dynamie, ou Science des Forces Moti i 

 I'ludustrie.' He afterwards published ' Qeomdtric et Mech:uii<p 

 Arts et Metiers et des Beaux-Arts,' 3 vols. Svo, Paris, 1825-*:. 1 

 he published the ' Forces Productive* et Commercials de la Fi 

 2 vols. 4to, with atlas, and the ' Situation Progressive dc la I 

 depuis 1814,' 4to. 



These laborious and useful publications had rendered the name of 

 Baron Dupin so popular that the electors of the department of Tarn 

 in 1828 chose him as their representative in the chamber of deputies, 

 without having over seen him. He spoke frequently iu that session 

 and the following, and iu 1830 voted with that majority which changed 

 the dynasty. 



After the revolution of 1830 he was elected n member of the 

 chamber of deputies for the department of tl.e Seine, and porf 

 an important part iu the debates. In 1831 the kiin: appointed him a 

 councillor of state and a member of the Board ol 

 during four years he was uiiui'tcr of marine. Iu 1838 he was created 

 a peer of France. 



After the revolution of February 1848, Baron Dupiu represented 

 the depaitiuent of Seine-lufdrieure in the Constituent Assembly and 

 the Legislative Assembly. Ho was pr .-id. nt : > jury sent, 



in 1851, by the minister of commerce to the Great Exhibition of 

 Industry iu London. After the coup d'etat of December Ix'.l ho 

 resigned his seat at the Board of Admiralty ; but when the votes of 

 universal suffrage had sanctioned successively the decennial presidency 

 and the empire, be accepted a seat in tho senate. 



The following are some of the most important of the lak-r works of 

 I'-aron Dupin : ' Eesai sur {'Organisation Progressive <!e la Marino nt 

 dee Colonies,' Svo, Paris, 1834; ' Knpport du Jury Central sur les 

 Products de I'lndimtiie Francaii Kxpottcs en 1834,' 3 voK Svo, Paris, 

 1888-37; ' Constitution, Histoire, ct Avenir dcs Caisses d'Kpargnc do 

 France,' ISmo, Paris, 1844. 



(Bioj. A'ourelle del Contemporaini : Noweltt Biog. Qinfrale.) 



