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Rh next appointments were – 15 Feb. 182.3, as First, to the Pakthian 10, Capt. Hon. Geo. Barrington, employed on particular service – 14 May, 1827, after about two years of half-pay, to the 10, Capt, John Burnet Dundas, whom he accompanied to the Mediterranean – 12 Dec. following, to the  42, Capt. Thos. Fellowes, on the latter station – and, 6 Aug. 1830, to the 120, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir John Poo Beresford, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore. He continued to serve under the officer last mentioned in the 80, until advanced to the rank of Commander 14 Aug. 1833. His last appointments afloat were – 16 March, 1841, and 29 Jan. 1843, to the and  steamers, in which vessels he was continuously employed on surveying service until the close of 1847. He was promoted to the rank he now holds in compliment to the King of Prussia, 16 March, 1842.

Capt. Washington, who is eminent as a Maritime Surveyor, was for some time Secretary to the Geographical Society, and was appointed, 25 Jan. 1845, a Commissioner for Inquiring into the State of the Rivers, Shores, and Harbours of the United Kingdom. At present he is employed in the Railway and Harbour Department of the Admiralty. He married, 3 Sept. 1833, Eleonora, youngest daughter of the Rev. H. Askew, Rector of Greystoke, co. Cumberland, by whom he has issue. – Hallett and Robinson.

 WATERHOUSE. 

was born 7 June, 1794,

This officer entered the Navy, 4 Aug, 1806, as Fst.-cl, Vol., on board the 100, Capt. Rich, Dalling Dunn, bearing the flag of Sir John Thos, Duckworth, under whom he passed the Dardanells in Feb, 1807, and continued employed in the Mediterranean and Channel, the latter part of the time in the  110, until Aug. 1809. He served during the next three years in the West Indies as Midshipman (a rating he had attained in the ) and Master’s Mate in the 18, Capt, Sam. Chambers; he then, in July, 1812, joined the 74, Capts, R. D. Dunn and Thos. Elphinstone, employed among the Western Islands and in the Channel; and in Jan, and June, 1814, he was received on board the 74 and  80, flag-ships of Sir Alex. Cochrane on the coast of North America; where he was made Lieutenant, 10 Aug. 1814, into the 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Pulteney Malcolm, He landed in the course of the month last mentioned, and took part, under the present Sir Geo, Cockburn, in the brilliant attack upon Washington. Towards the close of 1814 he accompanied the expedition against New Orleans, and assisted there in disembarking the troops. He returned to England for the benefit of his health in Feb. 1815; and was afterwards employed, from Feb, 1816 until June, 1818, in the 104 and  74, flag-ships of Sir J. T. Duckworth at Plymouth – and from June, 1818, until May, 1819, and again from Oct, 1820 until Oct, 1821, in the  42, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Geo, Ralph Collier on the coast of Africa, He contributed in the latter ship to the capture of several slave-vessels. Since he left her he has been on half-pay.

From March, 1840, until July, 1847, Lieut. Waterhouse filled an appointment in the Survey Department of the Tithe Commission. He married, 8 July, 1823, Sarah, third daughter of John Willis, Esq,, of Mecklenburgh Square, London, a West India merchant, by whom he has issue two daughters. – Collier and Snee.

 WATERMAN. 

entered the Navy, in April, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol,, on board the 74, Capt. Chas. John Moore Mansfield; in which ship he served in the Mediterranean and on various parts of the Home station, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 15 July, 1809 – under the flags at different times of Admirals Cuthbert Collingwood, John Child Purvis, Sir Chas, Cotton, Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, and Henry Edwin Stanhope. He was present in her as Midshipman at the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805, and in the expedition to Copenhagen in 1807. From 21 July, 1809, until 26 Sept, 1811, he served in the North Sea and on the coasts of Africa and Ireland in the 18, Capts, Joseph Wittman and Daniel Barber. This was his last appointment. He accepted the rank of Commander on the Retired List 4 April, 1848.

 WATERS. 

entered the Navy, 14 Feb, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 50, Capts. Hugh Downman and Jos. Edmonds; in which ship, bearing the flag at first of Sir Jas. Saumarez, he assisted as Midshipman at the capture of the Cape of Good Hope, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video. On his return to England with General Beresford in June, 1807, he joined the 80, Capt, Norborne Thompson, whom he followed afterwards into the  74,  38, and  74, In the  he witnessed the flight of the Royal Family of Portugal to the Brazils; in the  he accompanied the expedition of 1809 to the Walcheren; and in the  (which ship, commanded latterly by Capt. Geo. Parker, he left in Feb, 1814) he was for about two years stationed in the Mediterranean, He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 13 Feb, 1815; and was lastly, from 27 Feb. 1816 until he Invalided, we believe, in 1818, employed in the East Indies in the  16, Capts. Wm. Hill and John Pengelly Parkin. – Goode and Lawrence.

 WATKINS. 

obtained his first commission 20 Nov, 1790; and was Senior-Lieutenant of the of 38 guns and 198 men, Capt, Jonathan Faulknor, at the capture, 5 Jan. 1795, off Guadeloupe, of the French frigate La Pique, of 38 guns and about 279 men, after an action of nearly four hours and a-half, as brilliant and decided as was ever fought, in which the enemy had 76 killed and 110 wounded, and the British 8 killed and 21 wounded, Capt, Faulknor falling during the conflict, the command of the Blanche devolved upon Mr. Watkins, whose consummate gallantry in bringing the struggle to so glorious an issue obtained him a Post-Commission bearing date 26 April following. Being appointed, about the same period, to the of 28 guns, he particularly distinguished himself in her by the endeavours he shortly afterwards made to subdue the insurrections which, at the instigation of Victor Hugues, had broken out in the islands of Ste. Lucie, St. Vincent, Grenada, and Dominique, After cruizing with great activity and success, and assisting, in company with the  32, at the capture, 10 Dec, 1796, of Le Général Leveau corvette, of 16 guns, he obtained command, in 1799, of the  36, In this ship, while stationed in the Bay of Biscay, he made prize, in March, 1800, of La Vengeance privateer of 16 guns and 174 men, and retook an American ship with a cargo of coffee, sugar, and tobacco, valued at 30,000l. On 11 Sept, following, being off the port of Amsterdam, in the island of Curaçoa, Capt. Watkins received a deputation from the Dutch inhabitants, who, alarmed at the barbarities committed by a large republican force recently arrived from Guadeloupe, now claimed the protection of England. Pushing at once into the harbour, Capt, Watkins landed his men and some cannon, took possession of the forts and thereby induced the French to evacuate the island. On the 13th a capitulation was signed, surrendering Curaçoa and its dependencies, with the vessels in the harbour, in all 44 sail, and such property as was on board of them on the 10th, to the