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BASTARD—BASTIN—BATE. , he afterwards served, as Midshipman, in the troop-ship, Capt. Robt. Henley Rogers, 110, bearing the flag of Lord Keith,  38, Capt. Jas. Lillicrap, again, Capt. R. H. Rogers,  84, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, store-ship, Master-Commander Rich. Skinner, and surveying-vessel, Capt. Philip Parker King; and during the period he was so attached he attended the expedition to New Orleans, visited New Zealand, and circumnavigated New Holland. The ships in which he further served, prior to his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 24 May, 1836, appear to have been the 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, 20, Capt. John Furneaux,  52, and  50, bearing the respective flags of Rear-Admirals Wm. Hall Gage and Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, 26, Capt. Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay, 46, Capt. Benj. Clement, 18, Capt. Chas. Hamlyn Williams, 28, Capt. Hon. Wm. Wellesley, surveying-sloop, Capt. Rich. Owen, 110, Capt. Rich. Curry, 120, Capt. Thos. Brown, and 36, Capt. Lord John Hay. He was in the off Lisbon when Don John, being obliged during the rebellion of 1824 to take refuge on board that ship, bestowed gold medals on all the officers; served in the other vessels on the East and West India, Home, and Mediterranean stations; and obtained his commission for his exertions under Lord John Hay on the north coast of Spain, where he was employed, either in a tender, or on shore at Bilboa, San Sebastian, and Pasages. Mr. Baskerville’s appointments since his promotion have been – 11 June, 1836, to the 74, flag-ship of Sir Peter Halkett in North America and the West Indies – next, to the, and  20, Capts. Thos. Bennett and John Eraser, on the same station – 1 Oct. 1840, to the 120, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Francis Mason – early in 1843, to the  104, Capt. Thos. Forrest, with whom he returned to England – and, 4 Nov. 1844, to the Coast Guard, in which service he is at present employed. – Joseph Woodhead.

 BASTARD. 

entered the Navy, in July, 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 14, Lieut-Commander Rich. Harrison, stationed in the Channel; removed in 1800, as Signal-Midshipman, to the 98, bearing the flag on the same and West India stations of Sir Robt. Calder; and on joining the frigate, Capt. Robt. Dudley Oliver, was employed, during the years 1804 and 1805, in blockading the French coast, and twice assisted in bombarding Havre de Grace. Accompanying the latter officer, towards the close of 1805, into the 74, he contributed to the capture, 28 July, 1806, of Le Rhin, of 44 guns and 318 men, and, under his successor, Capt. Wm. Lukin, was also present at the taking, on 25 Sept. in the same year, of La Gloire 46, and L’Infatigable 44, two out of four French frigates that had been pursued and brought to action by a squadron under Sir Sam. Hood. After attending the expedition to Copenhagen, and while yet at that place, Mr. Bastard was confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 19 Oct. 1807, in the 14, Capt. Jas. Robt. Phillips. His subsequent appointments were – 4 Nov. 1807, to the 74, flag-ship on the Home and Lisbon stations of Admirals Wm. Essington, Sir Chas. Cotton, and Sir Wm. Sidney Smith – 7 March, 1809, to the 38, Capt. Norborne Thompson, in which ship he co-operated in the reduction of Flushing, and afterwards proceeded to the West Indies, whence he invalided in May, 1811 – 16 Oct. 1812, as First-Lieutenant, to the  74, Capt. Lord John Colville, employed in Basque Roads – 1 Feb. 1813, to the  troop-ship, Capts. Wm. Isaac Scott and Herbert Wm. Hore, with the former of whom he served at the siege of San Sebastian – 31 March, 1814, to the 40, Capt. Sam. Geo. Pechell, stationed in the Mediterranean, where previously to his return to England he appears to have been with Lord Exmouth at Algiers, when that nobleman, in March, 1816, concluded a treaty with the Dey relative to the abolition of Christian slavery – and, 19 Nov. 1831, and 20 April and 6 Sept. 1832, to the alternate command of the, , and steamers, employed as packets on the Falmouth station. Since 1834 he has been on halfpay.

Lieut. Bastard married, 23 Aug. 1837, a daughter of the late John Bowyer, Esq., of Landport.

 BASTIN. 

, born 5 Aug. 1780, is fourth son of the late John Bastin, Esq., of Tidwell, in the parish of East Budleigh, co. Devon.

This officer entered the Navy, 14 May, 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board 36, Capts. John Cooke, Percy Eraser, and Stair Douglas; and while in that ship on the Channel station assisted, as Midshipman, at the capture, when in company with the 36, of the French frigates La Resistance, of 48, and La Constance, of 24 guns, 9 March, 1797. After a variety of other active services, and a brief attachment to the 80, Capt. Chas. Henry Lane, guard-ship at Plymouth, he became Master’s Mate, in May, 1802, of the 74, Capt. Sir Rich. John Strachan, and on 20 June, 1803, was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the 74, Capts. John Whitby and Wm. Hargood. Being confirmed to the latter ship by commission, dated 3 Sept. in the same year, he subsequently accompanied Lord Nelson to the West Indies and back in pursuit of the combined squadrons of France and Spain, and on 21 Oct. 1805, fought at Trafalgar. On 19 July, 1806, we find Mr. Bastin, who had been appointed second of the, of 46 guns and 265 men, Capt. Thos. Lavie, receiving a musket-ball through the thigh during a warm action which led to the capture, after a loss to the British of not more than 4 men wounded, of La Guerrière, French ship, of 50 guns and 317 men, 50 of whom were killed and wounded. In consideration of the official mention made of him on this and other occasions, and of his wound, the subject of this memoir, on his return to Sheerness, was presented by the Patriotic Society with the sum of 200l. The, to the First-Lieutenancy of which he had succeeded on the promotion of the present Capt. H. T. Davies, being eventually wrecked off Ushant in March, 1807, he was taken prisoner, and detained in France until the peace of 1814. Unable to procure further employment, he at length, on 11 May, 1836, accepted the rank he now holds.

Commander Bastin married, 7 Oct. 1818, Miss Sarah Boucaut, of Guernsey, and has issue one daughter.

 BATE. 

died .in 1845.

This officer entered the Navy, 19 April, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 80, Capt. Peter Puget, successive flag-ship of Sir Thos. Graves and Sir John Borlase Warren; under the latter of whom, after participating as Midshipman in various skirmishes with the Brest fleet, he witnessed the capture, 13 March, 1806, of the Marengo, of 80 guns, bearing the flag of Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule. While subsequently on the books of the 74, commanded also by Capt. Puget, he temporarily served with that officer on board the  armed ship, during the operas tions of 1807 against Copenhagen, where, in conjunction with the inshore squadron, he appears to have been in almost daily collision with the enemy’s batteries, block-ships, praams, and gun-boats. He afterwards, on the landing of the army at Wibeck,