BEAUMONT, GUSTAVE DE, a distinguished French publicist, b Feb 6,1802. at Beau montla-Chartre, in the department of Sarthe. lie studied law, atm was made procurator substitute in the superior tribunal of the Seine, but lost this office after the July revolution. In 1831, B. and Tocqueville were commissioned by the French government to study the prison discipline of America. When B. returned to Paris, he received a place under government, but was soon deposed, as lie refused to conduct the prosecution in the scandalous process against the Baroness de Feuchiles. ID. 18,40, he was elected deputy for the department Sarthe, and distinguished himself, as member of the opposition. by his information and readiness on all political questions. After the Feb. revolution, 1848, lie was returned as a member of the legislative assembly, and here maintained the charac ter of a sincere but moderate republican. After the lid Dee., 1851, he was arrested and
imprisoned for sonic time in the fortress of mont Valerien. After regaining his liberty he lived in retirement, until his death in 1860. B. was the grandson of Lafayette. and in 1836 married his cousin, the daughter of Georges Lafayette. The writings on which B 's reputation is founded are Note tour le Systeme Penitentiare (1831); Du Systeme Penifentiare ?IX Etats-Unis, et de son Application en France (2 vols., 1832; partly by Tocqueville); Marie, on l'Esclarage aux Etats-Unis (2 1835); and L'Irlande,Sodale, Politique, et Reltqissse (2 vols., 1839).—BEAUSIONT-VASSY, EDOVARD VICOJITE DE, A relation of the former, has acquired a reputation as the writer of Une Marquise d'avtrefois (1638), and other romances, and sonic historical works, especially a history of the European States since the Congress of 'ricotta (vols. 1 to 6, Par. 1843-1853).