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BARNES—BARNETT—BARR—BARRELL—BARRETT. further served, part of the time as Acting-Lieutenant, and principally at the defence of Cadiz, in the 74, Capt. Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, the 18, Capts. Chas. Philips and Chas. Squire, also in No. 15 gun-boat, and in the, , and , flag-ships of Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge and Vice-Admiral Geo. Martin. He was employed, during the rest of the war, again in the, and also in the 16, Capts. Rich. Foley and Nich. Chas. Dobree. His subsequent appointments were – 23 Dec. 1831, to the command of the Semaphore at Portsmouth, which he retained until 15 Feb. 1837 – 1 Aug. 1839, to the 104, commanded at the latter port by Capt. Fras. Erskine Loch – and, 18 Sept. 1841, to the command of the steamer. He was placed on half-pay in the spring of 1842, and has not since been employed.

 BARNES. 

was born 30 May, 1793.

This officer entered the Navy, 19 July, 1806, as Second-cl. Vol., on board the 36, Capts. John Larmour and Fred. Lewis Maitland. On 13 March, 1808, he served in the boats in a very gallant attempt made in Vivero harbour to cut out the French corvette L’Apropos, of 20 guns and 70 men; and in April, 1809, was present, as Midshipman, at the destruction of the French shipping in Aix Roads. From Dec. 1811, until the receipt of his commission, 17 Feb. 1815, Mr. Barnes served on the Home and Baltic stations in the and  74’s, flag-ships of Rear-Admirals John Ferrier and Graham Moore,  74, Capt. Benj. Wm. Page,, Lieut.-Commander Hugh Anderson, and 74, Capt. Geo. Mundy. During the subsequent months of 1815 he appears to have been employed on board the 80, Capt. Sir Jas. Athol Wood. He has been in charge, since 26 Oct. 1836, of a station in the Coast Guard.

We understand that Lieut. Barnes filled the post of Vice-Consul at Bruges from 1823 to 1836, without however receiving the slightest remuneration. He married, first, 6 Oct. 1818, Miss Agnes Maxwell; and, secondly, 12 March, 1839, Miss Georgina Clarkson, by whom, as well as by his former wife, he has issue two children. His son, Edgar Broughton Barnes, a B.A., is at present Naval Instructor on board H.M.S..

 BARNETT. 

entered the Navy 14 Feb. 1811; passed his examination in 1819; and obtained his first commission 1 June, 1826. He was afterwards appointed to the command, on surveying service – 12 Feb. 1812, of the tender, off the coast of Jersey – 20 Feb. 1833, of the  schooner, which vessel he had the misfortune to lose, 11 March, 1835, on a reef off Old Providence, not then laid down in the Admiralty charts – and, 22 Sept. 1835, and 30 Nov. 1837, of the  4, and  6, stationed in North America and the West Indies. He was promoted to his present rank, 28 June, 1838, and still continues to command the. – Hallett and Robinson.

 BARR. 

entered the Navy, 13 Aug. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 36, Capts. Geo. Henry Towry, Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett, Thos. Baker, and Geo. Reynolds. Continuing to serve in that frigate until Aug. 1811, he assisted, under Capt. Baker, at the destruction, 29 April, 1807, of the greater part of a convoy of 30 vessels, passing from Ferrol to Bilboa, in escort of several gun-boats; and, on 12 May, 1810, was present under Capt. Reynolds when the, after a smart action of two hours and a quarter, and a loss of 9 men killed and 15 wounded, gallantly beat off, on the coast of Norway, four Danish man-of-war brigs, carrying altogether 74 guns. Mr. Barr, who was confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 29 Oct. 1811, in the 38, Capt. Jas. Carthew, on the West India station, subsequently joined, 6 Aug. 1813, after an interval of 12 months, the 74, Capts. Thos. Dundas and Tristram Robt. Ricketts; under the latter of whom we find him attending the expedition to New Orleans, and participating in the last hostile operation of the American war, the reduction of Fort Bowyer. He has been on half-pay since 28 Oct. 1815.

 BARRELL. 

is son of the late Savage Barrell, Esq., by his wife, the sister of Gen. Rainsford; and great-grandson of the late Gen. Wm. Barrell, 15 years Colonel of the 4th, or King’s Own, and Governor of Pendennis Castle.

This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1791, as a Boy, on board the 74, Capts. Sir Roger Curtis and John Harvey, under the latter of whom he fought in the battle of 1 June, 1794. He afterwards joined in succession the 74, Capt. Joseph Larcom,  18, Capts. John Marsh, John Bligh, and John Maitland, 74, bearing the flag of Lord Duncan,  64, Capt. Archibald Collingwood Dickson,  bomb, Capt. Edw. Sneyd Clay, 18, Capt. Edw. Galwey, and 36, Capts. Augustus Leveson Gower, Henry Whitby, and Wilson Rathbome. Of these ships (which were chiefly employed on the Home and West India stations) the appears to have taken part in the capture, during the year 1797, of L’Egalité national brig, and Le Général privateer; and the  and  in the expeditions of 1799 and 1800 to Holland and Elsineur. Having passed his examination in 1802, Mr. Barrell, in July, 1805, became Acting-Lieutenant of the 18, Capts. Edw. Hawkins, Jas. Lillicrap, and Jas. Aberdour, and while in that vessel was present, 27 Sept. 1806, in a gallant engagement with the French 40-gun frigate Le Président, on which occasion he had the satisfaction, during an hour’s cannonade, of firing the only shot that hulled the enemy. On 19 Dec. 1807, after he had co-operated in the siege of Copenhagen, Mr. Barrell was at length confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant. He continued to serve in the, on the Jamaica station, until Aug. 1811; after which he joined – 23 Nov. 1811, the 38, Capts. Alex. Wilmot Schomberg and Thos. Brown, employed off Lisbon and St. Helena – and, 28 July, 1813, the, as Flag-Lieutenant at Portsmouth to Rear-Admiral Edw. Jas. Foote. In 1814 he was sent to Bordeaux to superintend the embarkation of the troops; and on 21 March, 1815, was promoted, on the occasion of Rear-Admiral Foote striking his flag, to the rank he now holds. He has not since been employed.

Commander Barrell, in 1815, submitted some valuable suggestions to the Admiralty, having for their object an improvement in the mode of supplying and receiving stores. His plan at the time attracted the very favourable notice of their Lordships. He married, in 1811, Miss Townley.

 BARRETT. 

, born 24 Sept. 1793, is brother of Wm. Barrett, Esq., Purser and Paymaster, R.N. (1810); and uncle of Lieut. Sam. Fowell, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 4 Aug. 1803, as Third-cl. Vol., on board the gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander John Price, stationed in the North Sea. In May, 1804, he joined the 28, Capt. Micajah Malbon, off Newfoundland; and on accompanying the latter officer into the  32, participated in several skirmishes with the Invasion flotilla off Calais, Boulogne, and Dieppe, and on reaching the West Indies assisted in capturing, besides a variety of other vessels, the Voladore Spanish man-of-war brig, of 20 guns, and a large