This family of Beauvoirs is of Norman descent and of great antiquity. This is the younger branch, founded in the last century by Sir William Beauvoir, Bart., who was Chief Justice of the Canadas, whence he was granted the punning arms and motto now borne by his descendants--a beaver sable rampant on a field gules; motto, "Damno." PART SECOND: DOCUMENT NO. 2. _Promises to pay, put forth by William Beauvoir, junior, at various times in 1848:_ I.O.U £105.0.0 April 10th, 1848. William Beauvoir, junr. DOCUMENT NO. 3. _The same_. I.O.U £250.0.0 April 22d, 1848. William Beauvoir, junr. DOCUMENT NO. 4. _The same._ I.O.U. £600.0.0. May 10th, 1848. William Beauvoir, junr. DOCUMENT NO. 5. _Extract from the "Sunday Satirist," a journal of high-life, published in London, May 13th, 1848:_ Are not our hereditary lawmakers and the members of our old families the guardians of the honour of this realm? One would not think so to see the reckless gait at which some of them go down the road to ruin. The D----e of D----m and the E----l of B----n and L----d Y----g,--are not these pretty guardians of a nation's name? _Quis custodiet?_ etc. Guardians, forsooth, _parce qu'ils se sont donnés la peine de naître_! Some of the gentry make the running as well as their betters. Young W----m B----r, son of old Sir W----m B----r, late M.P. for L----e, is truly a model young man. He comes of a good old county family--his mother was a daughter of the Right Honourable A----s L----l, and he himself is old enough to know better. But we hear of his escapades night after night, and day after day. He bets all day and he plays all night, and poor tired nature has to make the best of it. And his poor worn purse gets the worst of it. He has duns by the score. His I.O.U.'s are held by every Jew in the city. He is not content with a little gentlemanlike game of whist or _écarté_, but he must needs revive for his especial use and behoof the dangerous and well-nigh forgotten _pharaoh_. As luck would have it, he had lost as much at this game of brute chance as ever he would at any game of skill. His judgment of horseflesh is no better than his luck at cards. He came a cropper over the "Two Thousand Guineas." The victory of the favorite cost him to the tune of over six thousand pounds. We learn that he hopes to recoup himself on the Derby, by backing Shylock for nearly nine thousand pounds; one bet was twelve hundred guineas. And this is the sort of man who may be chosen at any time by force of family interest to make laws for the toiling millions of Great Britain! DOCUMENT NO. 6. _Extract from "Bell's Life" of May 19th, 1848:_ THE DERBY DAY.