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BARROW—BARRY—BARTON.  as First of the 18, Capt. John Jas. Onslow.

He married, in 1846, Dolores, eldest daughter of Col. Wood, of the Chilian army. — Messrs. Stilwell.

 BARROW. 

was born 25 Jan. 1815.

This officer entered the Navy, 1 Nov. 1827, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 10, Capt. Chas. Crowdy, employed on the coast of Scotland and off Lisbon; and next served as Midshipman, on the Mediterranean and South America stations, of the 78, Capts. Sir Jahleel Brenton and John Dick, 10, Capt. Hon. Edw. Wodehouse, and 76, flag-ship of Sir Mich. Seymour. In Feb. 1836, having passed his examination in the previous Sept., he became Mate of the 18, Capt. Robt. Craigie, on the coast of Africa, where his gallant conduct in the boats at the capture, 11 Jan. 1837, of the two slave-brigs Esperança and Paquete de Cabo, appears to have procured him official notice. Removing, in Jan. 1840, to the 92, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, he took part in the ensuing operations on the coast of Syria, and continued to serve in the same ship until promoted to a Lieutenancy, 18 May, 1842, in the 110, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen. He was transferred, on 13 July following, to the 120, Capts. Robt. Smart and Thos. Forrest, flag-ship for some time of Sir Fras. Mason, also on the Mediterranean station; and since 31 Dec. 1844, has been again employed on the coast of Africa, in the sloop, Capt. Jas. Anderson. — John P. Muspratt.

 BARROW. 

entered the Navy 26 April, 1826; passed his examination 13 June, 1834; served for some time, as Mate, on board the 50, Capt. Chas. Eden, flag-ship at the Cape of Good Hope of Rear-Admiral Hon. Joceline Percy; and received his commission 4 April, 1843. His appointments have since been, on the Mediterranean station — 22 Aug. 1844, to the 84, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen — 25 Oct. 186, as First Lieutenant, to the 16, Capt. Hon. Walter Bourchier Devereux — 13 Dec. 1845, to the  18, Capt. Edw. St. Leger Cannon — and, 14 May, 1846, to the 36, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, with whom he is at present employed.

 BARROW. 

entered the Navy 16 Oct. 1818; and while serving as Midshipman on board the 10, commanded the boats of that sloop at the capture of a piratical vessel, 18 June, 1824. He obtained a Lieutenancy, 25 May, 1825, in the 46, Capt. Wm. Elliott, successively employed on the coast of Africa, off Lisbon, and in the Channel; and, on 3 Oct. 1831, was appointed First of the 18, Capt. Rich. Meredith, also on the Africa station, where, in command of the boats, he took the Minerva slaver, of 10 guns and 65 men, 5 June, 1835. Since the close of the latter year he has been on half-pay. — J. Hinxman.

 BARRY. 

entered the Navy, 19 March, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 18, Capt. Donald M‘Leod. While in that sloop under the subsequent command of Capt. Edw. Dix, he narrowly escaped being wrecked off St. Abb’s Head, during an exposure of two days to the fury of a terrific gale, which blew right on shore; and, on 18 Dec. 1809, we find him assisting at the destruction of the 40-gun frigates Loire and Seine, laden with stores and provisions, moored in Ance la Barque, Guadeloupe, and defended by numerous batteries. After further serving for upwards of a twelvemonth in the, Capt. Hendrie, 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Laforey, and again, Capt. Robt. Russell, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 22 Feb. 1812, and appointed to the sloop, Capts. Geo. Pringle and Rich. Augustus Yates. He has been unemployed since 26 Oct. 1814.

 BARTON. 

entered the Navy, 2 March, 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 38, Capt. John Quilliam, with whom he cruized in the Baltic, off Newfoundland, and in the West Indies, the greater part of the time as Midshipman, until Sept. 1815. He then served for four years in the East Indies, on board the 24, and  18, Capts. Hew Stewart and John Pengelly Parkin; and after a further attachment, as Admiralty Midshipman, to the 18, Capts. David Buchan and Jas. Bradley, and 26, Capt. Sam. Roberts, off Newfoundland, was appointed Acting-Lieutenant, 12 Sept. 1824, of the, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Nehemiah Clarke. Being officially promoted 8 Oct. following, he subsequently joined, on the East India, Mediterranean, Lisbon, and South America stations — 17 Sept. 1825, the 20, Capt. John Furneaux — 21 Oct. 1827, the  28, Capt. Jas. Stirling — 23 Feb. 1828, the 52, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Wm. Hall Gage — 20 Nov. 1830, the Capt. Hon. Rich. Saunders Dundas — and, 24 Jan. 1835, as First Lieutenant, the 50, bearing the flag of Sir Graham Eden Hammond. He rose to the rank he now holds 28 June, 1838; became an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard 28 March, 1839; officiated, from 3 Nov. 1840, until Oct. 1843, as Second Captain of the 84, commanded, in the Mediterranean, by Capt. Sam. Chambers; and from 16 Feb. 1845, until posted, 9 Nov. 1846, was employed in a similar capacity on board the 80, Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, part of the Channel squadron. He is now on half-pay. — Messrs. Stilwell.

 BARTON. 

entered the Navy, 19 Jan. 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 38, Capt. Frank Sotheron, and in the following autumn attended, as Midshipman, the expedition to the Helder. He subsequently witnessed the surrender of the Batavian ships in the Vlieder passage, and during the remainder of the war assisted at the capture of several of the enemy’s armed vessels. Becoming attached, in March, 1803, to the 74, Capt. John Ferrier, he shortly afterwards escorted the fleet of Indiamen under Capt. Dance which had recently effected the discomfiture of the French Admiral Linois from the Straits of Malacca to St. Helena; and then returning to the East Indies, continued to serve on that station until 1811 in, successively, the  74, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, and, alias , 36, Capt. John Bastard, to which ship, after having acted for two years and a half as Lieutenant, he was confirmed, by commission dated 27 Dec. 1808. Mr. Barton, who appears to have also officiated for some months as Captain of the latter frigate, and to have captured during that period La Confiance privateer, of 2 guns and 30 men, was subsequently employed, from Dec. 1811, to Dec. 1815, in the 98,  16,  10, and  50, under various officers, on the Home and Mediterranean stations. On 15 March, 1816, he became Flag-Lieutenant, in the 50, to Rear-Admiral John Erskine Douglas, Commander-in-Chief in the West Indies, where he served until 1818; from Dec. in which year until his promotion to the rank of Commander, 2 July, 1817, we find him employed on the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the, , and , Capts. Wm. M‘Culloch and Wm. Jas. Mingaye. He afterwards did duty as an Inspecting-Commander of the Coast Guard, from 13 April, 1831, until 1836; and since his 