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BOND—BONHAM—BOOTH—BORLAND. Channel and off the coast of Spain; and, on the latter vessel being converted into a troop-ship, attended, under Capt. Fras. Baker, the expedition to New Orleans in 1814-15. He was promoted, from the 50, bearing the flag in the Thames of Sir Home Popham, to the rank of Lieutenant on 19 Oct. in the latter year, but has not since been afloat.

Lieut. Bond married, we believe, a Miss Lafargue. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 BOND. 

entered the Navy, 18 May, 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the of 46 guns, Capt. Jas. Sanders, stationed on the coast of North America, where, at the commencement of the war with the United States, he saw a good deal of active service. He was afterwards employed in the 44, Capts. Sanders and Thos. Forrest, with the latter of whom he proceeded to the latitude of Greenland in an unsuccessful search of the American Commodore Rodgers, and then cruized off the Western Islands; 74, Capt. Tristram Robt. Ricketts, in the Channel; from Sept. 1815, till Feb. 1820, in the 36, and  40, both commanded by Capt. Hon. Anth. Maitland, on the latter and Mediterranean stations; and, for short periods, in the 74, Capt. Green, also in the Mediterranean, and  42, bearing the broad pendant at Jamaica of Commodore Thos. Huskisson. He was made Lieutenant into the sloop, Capt. Geo. Blackman, 3 Oct. 1820, and subsequently appointed, 19 June, 1822, to the, Capts. John Walt. Roberts and And. Forbes – 17 March, 1825, to the, Capt. John Jas. Onslow – and, 24 July following, to the 46, Capt. Wm. Elliot – all on the West India station. Since his attainment of his present rank, 11 Jan. 1825, Commander Bond has been on half-pay. – E. Dufour.

 BOND. 

entered the Navy, 1 July, 1804, as Midshipman, on board the 74, Capt. Chas. Boyles, and, from July, 1805, to Nov. 1803, served with the same officer in the 98, on the Mediterranean station. While in the latter ship, he took part in Sir Robt. Calder’s action, 22 July, 1805, and, in Feb. 1807, attended Sir John Thos. Duckworth in the passage of the Dardanells. He next joined the 33, Capt. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg, in which frigate he assisted at the capture of the French 20-gun ship Hébé, 5 Jan. 1809; removed, in April, 1811, to the 80, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Rear-Admiral Boyles, his former Captain; became Acting-Lieutenant, 15 Sept. following, of the  sloop, Capt. Thos. Dench; rejoined Rear-Admiral Boyles in Jan. 1812, in a similar capacity, on board the 64; was transferred, as Master’s Mate, towards the close of the same year, to the  36, Capt. Edwin Hen. Chamberlayne; and, on 8 Nov. 1814, was made Lieutenant into the 38, Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan, under whom, in 1815, he seems to have been very actively employed in the Bay of Naples during the hostilities with Murat. He was paid off from the in Oct. of the latter year; and was next, on 8 March, 1826, appointed, with Capt. Coghlan, to the  44. He has not held any official occupation since 1828. – J. Hinxman.

 BONHAM. 

entered the Navy, from the R.N. College, 21 June, 1832; passed his examination 6 Sept. 1837; served for some time in South America as Mate of the 26, Capt. Robt. Russell, and at Portsmouth, on board the 120, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley; and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 2 June, 1843. His next appointments were – on 1 Aug. following, to the 26, Capt. Sir Wm. Dickson, employed on Particular Service – on 17 Oct. in the same year, as Additional, to the 72, flag-ship in the East Indies of Sir Wm. Parker – and, 30 July, 1844, to the 18, Capt. Hon. Hen. Keppel, with whom he returned home and was paid off in 1845. Mr. Bonham, since 2 Nov. 1846, has been borne on the books of the 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker in the Mediterranean.

 BOOTH. 

passed his examination in 1831; obtained his commission 12 April, 1836; was appointed Additional-Lieutenant, 1 June following, of the 46, Capt. Robt. Wauchope, flag-ship at the Cape of Rear-Admiral Don. Campbell; joined, on 29 of the same month, the 16, Capt. Thos. Henderson, attached to the squadron on the African station, whence he returned in April, 1838; and from Feb. 1840, until paid off at the close of 1843, served on board the 84, Capt. Dan. Pring, employed in the Mediterranean, and in attendance on the off Walmer Castle. He has been employed, since 2.Dec. 1846, as First of the steam-frigate, Capt. Henry Wells Giffard. – Collier and Snee.

 BOOTH. 

is son of an old Purser in the Royal Navy.

This officer entered the Navy, 25 Aug. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 98, Capts. Robt. Barlow, Robt. Rolles, Sir Harry Burrard Neale, Edw. Oliver Osborn, and Thos. Western, under whom he successively served until Jan. 1809. During that period he contributed, as Midshipman, in company with the 38, to the capture, 13 March, 1806, of the French 80-gun ship Marengo, with Admiral Linois on board, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule, after a long running fight, in which the  sustained a loss of 10 killed and 22 wounded; and in 1807-8 he assisted, under Capt. Western, in escorting the Royal Family of Portugal to the Brazils. He next removed to the sloop, Capt. John Carter, on the South American station; served, from May, 1811, till 2 Feb. 1813, as Master’s-Mate, in the  and  frigates, Capt. John Clavell, off the Western Islands and in the Mediterranean; then became (having passed his examination in Nov. 1811) Acting-Lieutenant of the  16, Capts. Geo. Canning, Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, and Rowland Mainwaring; invalided home from the Mediterranean, in consequence of wounds received in action with pirates, 20 Oct. 1813; and, on 30 Dec. following, obtained as a reward his first Admiralty commission. As Lieutenant, Mr. Booth’s appointments were – 5 Aug. 1814, to the 14, Capts. John Parish and Thos. Warrand, on the Home station, which vessel was paid off in Sept. 1815 – 17 Jan. 1818, to the 26, Capt. Hercules Robinson, with whom he cruized off St. Helena and the coast of South America – 3 Jan. 1821, to the  10, Capt. Chas. Adolphus Baker, employed off Newfoundland – 20 Jan. 1823, to the 18, Capts. Rodney Shannon and Robt. Patten, on the Cork station – and, 10 Jan. 1827, to the 26, Capts. Michael Seymour and Thos. Bourchier, employed in South America. He was promoted to the rank he now holds, on the latter ship being paid off, 8 Dec. 1829; obtained command of the 18, on the coast of Africa, 14 April, 1832; and, after the usual period of three years, during which he captured several slavers, and performed many valuable services against the Caffres, was superseded in Aug. 1835. His next appointment was, 25 June, 1846, to the 16, during the passage of which vessel to the East Indies he was elevated to Post-rank by commission dated 9 Nov. in the same year. Capt. Booth is now on half-pay. – Collier and Snee.

 BORLAND. 

entered the Navy in 1833; passed his examination 8 May, 1840; and served, as