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BEALE—BEALES—BEART—BEATTY. Tang-tse-Kiang river, before leaving the shores of which we find him avenging in a very condign manner an insult offered by the natives to some of his party. Not long afterwards, being sent on shore in charge of a strong foraging expedition, he again came into hostile collision with the enemy, and, in the affray, had 1 man mortally wounded, and Mr. Harvey, a midshipman of great promise, so severely, that he ultimately died from the effects of the injuries he received. The assailants had 5 killed and several wounded. On another occasion, in April, 1841, when returning in a junk to Whampoa, after delivering letters at Macao for Sir Le Fleming Senhouse, Mr. Beadon, with all his crew, was swamped during a violent storm off the island of Lin-tin, but, after struggling with destruction for many hours, and when in the last moment of despair, was most providentially saved. At the capture, in May following, of the fortress of Taihong-tow, this officer was the first to enter it. He also commanded, with the highest credit to himself, the ’s boats during the whole of the detached operations against Canton and its vicinity, and was Senior of the at a most harassing period of the war, when, indeed, the greater part of the ship’s company was on the sick list. He returned to England with a large portion of the Chinese ransom, and was paid off in Jan. 1842, previously to which period, 8 June, 1841, he had been advanced to his present rank. He has since been on half-pay.

Commander Beadon, who has obtained a certificate of proficiency in the art of steam navigation, was presented, in 1835, by the Duke of Sussex, with the thanks of the Society of Arts for his invention of a Double Hook, and, in 1843, with a Gold Medal, by Prince Albert, for an improved Life Buoy, which has been directed by Her Majesty to be attached to the Royal Yacht. He married, 17 Oct. 1833, Sarah, daughter of Wm. Oliver, Esq., of Hope Comer, near Taunton, co. Somerset, and by that lady has issue three children. – Messrs. Stilwell.

 BEALE. 

is brother of Lieut. W. Y. Beale, of the 10th Foot, who was killed at the storming of the tête-du-pont by the Sikh army in 1846.

This officer served throughout the whole of the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, including the capture of St. Jean d’Acre, as Midshipman of the 104, flag-ship of Sir Robt. Stopford, from whom he elicited unqualified approbation. He passed his examination 21 Feb. 1843; and – after an intermediate attachment to the gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, Larke 18, commanded on the coast of Africa by Capt. John Wm. Douglas Brisbane, and 110, and  120, flag-ships at the Nore of Sir John Chambers White and Sir Edw. Dumford King – was promoted to his present rank 4 April, 1846. He has been serving, since 15 of the following May, in the 18, Capt. John Balfour Maxwell.

 BEALES. 

was born 27 Jan. 1788.

This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1801, as Third-cl. Vol., on board the 46, Capt. Chas. Cunningham, stationed in the Channel and off Guernsey; attained in Oct. following the rating of Midshipman; and in that capacity, and as Master’s Mate and Acting-Lieutenant, served successively in the 16, Capt. Alex. Robt. Kerr, 74, Capts. C. Cunningham and Thos. Rogers, 74, Capt. Robt. Campbell, and 74, Capt. T. Rogers, employed on the North Sea, Channel, Lisbon, and Mediterranean stations. He was confirmed a Lieutenant of the latter slhip 26 Nov. 1808, and was subsequently appointed, 22 Dec. 1809, and 30 April, 1814, to the 36 and  50, Capts. Geo. Reynolds and John Hancock, with whom he served, in the North Sea and West Indies and on the coast of Spain, until 28 July, 1815. The particulars of a gallant cutting-out affair, which took place at Noli, on the coast of Italy, 1 Aug. 1808, and in which Mr. Beales participated, will be found in our memoir of Commander Wm. Chasman. He also, we find, assisted in the ’s boats at the capture of two gun vessels in July, 1809. The, while he was in her, effected, on 12 May, 1810, after a smart action of two hours and a quarter, and a loss of 9 men killed and 15 wounded, the defeat, off the Norwegian coast, of four Danish man-of-war brigs, carrying altogether 74 guns. Not having been employed since 1815, Lieut. Beales accepted the rank he now holds 13 April, 1846.

He married Miss Moon, and has issue six children.

 BEART. 

entered the Navy, 1 April, 1807, as Fst.-cl Vol., on board the 44, Capt. Rich. Curry, bearing the flag at North Yarmouth of Vice-Admiral Billy Douglas; removed, in the course of the same year, to the 20, Capt. Arthur Farquhar, stationed in the North Sea; and there became, 3 Sept. 1809, Midshipman of the  74, Capt. Geo. Parker. Continuing to serve in the latter ship until Sept. 1815, he took part, under Rear-Admiral Thos. Byam Martin, in the defence of Riga, as also, under Capt. Norborne Thompson, in the reduction of Genoa, in April, 1814. From the, Mr. Beart was appointed Admiralty Midshipman of the 10, Capt. Wm. Ramage, on the Leith station, where he appears to have been employed until 3 Dec. following, 1815. He was then promoted to his present rank by commission dated back to 15 March in the same year, but has not since been afloat.

 BEATTY. 

entered the Navy, 24 March, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the of 18 guns and 120 men, Capt. Geo. Langford; in which sloop he escorted, as Midshipman, the Hon. Mr. Pierrepont, as Ambassador to the King of Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus, then besieged by the French army in Stralsund – accompanied, in Aug. of the same year, the expedition to Copenhagen – and, on 2 March, 1808, assisted at the capture, off Flamborough Head, after a close action of half an hour, of the Admiral Yawl Danish brig, of 28 guns and 83 men – a service for which Capt. Langford was advanced to Post-rank. Mr. Beatty next served for two years on board the 18, Capt. Alex. Rich. Mackenzie, during which period, in Aug. 1809, he was actively employed, with the light squadron under Sir Edw. Owen, in co-operation with the troops at the bombardment of Flushing. He then joined the 32, Capts. John Quilliam and Robt. Cathcart, on the Baltic station, where he was twice engaged with the Danish gunboats, took part in several cutting-out affairs, and, while affording protection to convoys, came into frequent collision with the enemy’s row-galleys; and on removing, in Feb. 1813, to the 74, Capt. Henry Edw. Reginald Baker, was employed, until the conclusion of the war, in blockading the Texel and Cherbourg squadrons, and at the Cape of Good Hope. For a few months in 1815 Mr. Beatty served as Master’s Mate in the 100, and  80, Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, lying at Plymouth. He afterwards became attached, in July, 1816, to the 40, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer; and for his conduct at the battle of Algiers, where he was wounded, was promoted on 16 Sept. in the same year to the rank of Lieutenant. Since that period, with the exception of a brief employment in the Coast Guard, and a command, from 20 March, 1830, to Oct. 1831, and from 9 April, 1832, to Sept. 1833,