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BATES—BATHURST—BATT. twenty-four and 2 long nine-pounders, with a crew of 30 men; and was present in the attack on the fortresses of Bathz and Williamstadt. We next, from 20 Nov. 1810, until March, 1811, find Mr. Bates serving as Acting-Lieutenant in the Undaunted 38, Capts. Geo. M‘Kenzie and Rich. Thomas, and after that period, for a few months in the same capaocity, and then as Master’s Mate, on hoard the 74, Capt. Wm. Bathurst, engaged on the coast of Catalonia; where, on his transference, 5 June, 1812, to the 120, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, he was employed, in command of a body of pike-men, in co-operating with the army under Lord Wm. Bentinck, and in assisting at the capture, in June, 1813, of the Col de Balaguer. He soon afterwards, with a detachment under Capts. Coghlan and Thos. Ussher, aided in reducing a small town on the coast of France, and, at the capture of a convoy anchored near it, was wounded in the wrist in an unsuccessful attempt to hoard a gun-boat. On 13 April, 1814, he witnessed the surrender of Genoa; and, on 18 of the same month, Sir Edw. Pellew, to mark the estimation in which he held his services, having given him an acting-order as Lieutenant of the, placed him in command of her tender, the lugger, of 10 guns and 50 men, and despatched him to the Dey of Algiers, with intelligence of the continental peace. On Mr. Bates’ paying off the, in Sept. following, his patron took him in person to the Admiralty, procured for him his commission, dated 20th of the same month, and was the means of his immediate appointment to the 50, Capt. Chas. Bullen, on the coast of North America; where he removed, 29 Oct. 1815, as First-Lieutenant, to the 16, Capt. Henry Jane, and continued until a short time previously to his being paid off, 19 July, 1816. He has since, we believe, been continually employed, either in charge of a Revenue-vessel or in the Coast Guard, in which service he is at present officiating as an Inspecting-Commander.

He married, 14 Jan. 1815, Miss Isabella Innis, by whom he has issue five children.

BATES. 

was born 12 Jan. 1782.

This officer entered the Navy (into which he was impressed) 7 June, 1803, as A.B., on board the 32, Capt. Wm. Selby, successively employed in the Channel and West Indies; removed, as Captain of the Foretop, in July, 1808, to the 18, Capts. Jas. Welsh and Wm. Black; and after an intermediate servitude in that sloop on the Home, West India, and South Sea stations – the six last years as Quartermaster, Midshipman, and Master’s Mate – was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 11 March, 1815. He left the in the following Oct., and has since been on half-pay. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 BATHURST. 

, born in Dec. 1817, is son of the late Capt. Walter Bathurst, R.N., by Marianne, daughter of Wood, Esq.

This officer was educated at the Royal Naval College. He embarked 22 June, 1832; passed his examination 6 Jan. 1837; and was promoted, in consideration of the services of his father, 20 Dec. 1838. His appointments have since been – 19 June, 1839, to the 26, Capt. Thos. Wren Carter, in North America and the West Indies – 27 Aug. 1841, to the temporary command of the 30, receiving-ship at the Havana – 28 Dec. 1841, to the  18, Capt. Evan Nepean, on the former station – 28 Oct. 1842, to the  gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings – and, 7 May, 1844, to the 80, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour, Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific, where he is at present serving. – Holmes and Folkard.

BATT. 

entered the Navy, 7 June, 1805, on board the 10, Lieut.-Commander Henry Batt; but remained unemployed from July, 1806, until appointed Midshipman, in July, 1809, of the  38, Capt. Chas. Malcolm. He served in the latter frigate until Aug. 1814, in the Channel, off the north coast of Spain, and in the West Indies; was then appointed Master’s Mate, in succession of the and  sloops, Capts. Geo. Bentham and Geo. Guy Burton, on the Mediterranean station; passed his examination 4 Oct. 1815; and after a further employment in the Mediterranean, on board the 36, Capt. Robt. Preston, and 74, Capts. John Coode, Rich. Raggett, Sir Wm. Hoste, and John Acworth Ommanney, was advanced to his present rank, 28 April, 1827. He was subsequently engaged on the Coast Blockade from 3 Jan. 1829, until its abolition, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the and  74’s, Capts. Hugh Pigot and David Colby; and since 31 March, 1831, has been in command of a station in the Coast Guard. Lieut. Batt has on various occasions had the good fortune, by jumping overboard, to save the lives of others.

BATT. 

died 31 Aug. 1844, in his 47th year.

This officer entered the Navy 8 Aug. 1812, and obtained his first commission 19 May, 1827. He was subsequently appointed Senior, 4 June, 1834, of the 18, Capt. Thos. Henderson, employed on the Mediterranean and Africa stations, and, 31 Aug. 1840, of the steam-vessel, commanded by the same officer. He attained the rank of Commander on 4 Nov. in the same year, and thenceforward remained on half-pay.

BATT. 

was born 7 Feb. 1793.

This officer entered the Navy, in 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 24, Capts. Walter Bathurst and Chas. Malcolm, from which ship, after assisting at the capture, 8 May, 1801, of Le Bougainville privateer, of 14 guns and 67 men, and making a voyage to the East Indies, he was paid off in March, 1803. In Jan. 1805, he joined the 18, Capts. Morrison and Donald Campbell; but, before long, was captured by two privateers while serving on board a tender belonging to that vessel, and detained a prisoner for several months at Cumana, in South America. On his return to the, Mr. Batt aided in taking the Leander, a Columbian ship of 22 guns and 200 men, and was also present in an attack on La Villa de Coro, on the Spanish Main; subsequently to which he joined the gun-brig, Lieut.-Commanders Geo. Spearing, Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, Wm. Dowers, Wm. Deane, and Wm. Malone. While in that vessel he was slightly wounded in the back in an action off Martinique with a national brig and two privateers, mounting together 39 guns – took part, when in company with H.M.S., in an encounter with the French 44-gun frigate Amphitrite – and shared in the reduction of Marie-galante, Deseada, the Saintes, and Martinique. From 1812, previously to which year he had assisted, in the 38, Capt. Philip Beaver, at the reduction of the Isle of France, until Dec. 1815, he further served, on the Cork, Jamaica, and Channel stations, in the, , and  sloops, Capts. Spelman Swaine, Henry Hanes, and Wm. Dowers. He then went on halfpay, having been awarded a commission on 15 of the previous March, and so remained until 1829, when he joined the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye. He has been employed in the Coast Guard since 24 April, 1831.

He is a widower with three daughters. – Hallett and Robinson.