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PIERRE AUGUST IN CARON DE (bō-mar's hay), a French man of singular versatility of talent, politician, artist, merchant, and dramatist, B. 1732; gained an immense fortune in several speculations, and is the author of the two celebrated comedies Le Barbier de Séville (1775), and Le Mariage de Figaro (1784). He much contributed to decide the French minister Maurepas to secretly espouse the cause of the insurgent Americans, and personally forwarded, during the year 1777, several of his own ships, carrying immense quantities of arms and ammunition. He also engaged more than 50 officers who sailed on board the A mph i trite, his largest ship; and among these were La Rouerie,Pulaski, and Steuben, who so powerfully contributed to the succe of the American troops. These transactions, far from being profitable, as frequently a erted, resulted for B. in heavy lo es. B. favored the cause of the French revolution, to which his " Mariage de Figaro " and other writings had largely contributed. D. 1799. Beau'mont, FRANCIS, an English dramatic poet, B. 1584, wrote, in conjunction with his friend JOHN FLETCHER (q. v.), about 50 plays. They were both admirable delineators of human nature, and their contemporaries preferred their dramas even to those of Shakspeare, whom they made their model. D. 1616. [s. 83] IMG:plate0112.jpg:Gravür