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Rh as Mate, from that period until March, 1846, of the gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capts. Sir Thos. Hastings and Henry Ducie Chads; then joined the 120, successive flag-ship of Sir Chas. Ogle and Sir Fras. Augustus Collier; and on 26 June, 1846, was advanced to the rank of Lieutenant. Since 20 July in the latter year Mr. Partridge has been serving on board the 80, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry.

 PARTRIDGE. 

is sixth son of Henry Sam. Partridge, Esq., of Hockham Hall, co. Norfolk, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant, by Mary Frances, daughter of the Venerable Luke Heslop, D.D., Rector of Marylebone, London, and Archdeacon of Buckinghamshire. His eldest brother, Henry Champion Partridge, Esq., of Snare Hill, likewise a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for Norfolk, married, in Aug. 1834, Etheldred Frances, the eldest daughter of Lieut.-General Birch Reynardson, of Holywell, co. Lincoln; and another brother, the Rev. Walter John Partridge, married, in Aug. 1842, Maria Agnes, fifth daughter of Sir Chas. Mansfield Clarke, Bart., of Dunham Lodge, co. Norfolk, M.D.

This officer entered the Navy 15 Sept. 1833; passed his examination 28 Oct. 1839; and was for several years employed on the Mediterranean and East India stations in the 18, Capts. Lewis Davies and Hon. Henry Keppel. Under the latter he served at the capture of Woosung and Shanghae, and in the operations on the Yang-tse-Kiang in 1842; as also, we believe, in an attack made in Aug. 1844, on a piratical settlement in the island of Borneo. His promotion to the rank he now holds took place 1 July in the latter year; he joined, not long afterwards, in the capacity of Additional Lieutenaut, the 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Jolm Cochrane; and since 11 March, 1846, he has been serving on the south-east coast of America in the sloop, Capts. Alex. Leslie Montgomery and Louis Symonds Tindal.

 PASCO. 

is second son of Rear-Admiral Pasco.

This officer entered the Navy 1 Jan. 1830; passed his examination 25 Feb. 1837; and was for a long time employed in Australia as Mate of the surveying-vessel, Capts. Jolm Clements Wickham and John Lort Stokes. His appointments, since his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 20 Nov. 1843, have been – 13 Dec. in that year, as Additional, to the 120, bearing the flag at Cork of Rear-Admiral Wm. Bowles – and 13 Jan. 1844 and 28 Aug. 1846, to the 26, and  steam-frigate, of 470 horse-power, Capts. Chas. Talbot and John M‘Dougall, both in the East Indies, where he is now serving. In charge of the ’s pinnace, Mr. Pasco assisted at the capture and destruction, 19 Aug. 1845, of Maloodoo, a strong fortification in possession of Scheriff Osman, a rebel Borneo chieftain.

 PASCO. 

was born 20 Dec. 1774.

This officer entered the Navy, 4 June, 1784, as Captain’s Servant, on board the 32, Capts. Geo. Byron and Joseph Ellison, lying at Plymouth. In 1786 he joined the 28, commanded by H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence, with whom he served for about 12 months in the West Indies and on the coast of North America. He then became attached to the 98, flagship at Plymouth of Admiral Graves, and to the  32, Capt. John Linzee, on the Halifax station; and he was next, between 1790 and 1795, employed as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, principally in the Channel and West Indies, on board the  32, Capt. John Manley,  74, Capt. John Thos. Duckworth, 98, Capt. Rich. Goodwin Keats, 80, Capt. Anthony Jas. Pye Molloy, again, Capt. J. T. Duckworth,  74, and  32, flagships of Admirals John Macbride and Sir John Laforey, and  38, Capt. Francis Laforey. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant 15 July, 1795, he was subsequently appointed in that capacity – in 1795-6, to the 74, flag-ship of Sir J. Laforey, again to the, Capt. Lancelot Skynner, and to the  74, Capt. Thos. Louis, all in the West Indies – 27 Sept. 1796, to the 64, Capt. Chas. Boyles, employed at the Cape of Good Hope and in the Channel – 27 Dec. 1799, as First, to the 36, Capts. Hon. Henry Hotham and Edw. W. C. R. Owen, on the latter station – and 7 April, 1803 (after six months of half-pay) to the Victors 100, flag-ship of Lord Nelson. When Senior Lieutenant, in 1796, of the, Mr. Pasco landed with a battalion of seamen, and assisted at the reduction of Ste. Lucie; and in 1801, at which period he belonged to the , he volunteered and was appointed to cut out from Camaret Bay the French corvette La Chevrette, but was prevented from carrying his plans into execution by the circumstance of his ship being ordered on a cruize before the weather had proved sufficiently favourable. The glory of achieving the exploit fell in consequence to the lot, as is well known, of the late Capt. Keith Maxwell. On his passage to the Mediterranean in May, 1803, JMr. Pasco, then in the, contributed to the capture of the French 32-gun frigate Embuscade. He afterwards went in pursuit of the combined squadrons to the West Indies; and on his return he shared, 21 Oct. 1805, in the battle of Trafalgar. It being Lord Nelson’s practice to make the officer first on his list for promotion do the duty of Signal-Officer, and the Junior that of First-Lieutenant, Mr. Pasco, although Senior of the in the action, was obliged to submit to the regulation enforced by his Lordship, through whose death he in consequence lost that promotion to which his rank entitled him. He had thus the mortification of only receiving a Commander’s commission, dated 24 Dec. 1805; while Mr. Quilliam, the Sixth-Lieutenant, was at once advanced to Post-rank. During the battle he had the misfortune to be very severely wounded by a grape-shot in the right side and arm; for which he now receives a pension of 250l. per annum, besides having at the time obtained a grant from the Patriotic Fund. After he left the, Capt. Pasco remained on half-pay until May, 1808. He then at length succeeded in procuring command of the 32; in which vessel he served for three months off Cadiz and Lisbon. In the following Nov. he joined the 50, armée en flûte, fitting for a voyage to New South Wales; on his return whence he was appointed, in Nov. 1810, to the  20. In that ship, in which he was made Post by commission bearing date 3 April, 1811, Capt. Pasco continued employed, on the Channel, American, and Cork stations, until May, 1815. In the ensuing June he assumed command, at Lisbon, of the 38; and he next, from 20 Aug. 1815 until paid off 2 Sept. 1818, served in the  20, on the Channel station; where he made prize of several smuggling vessels. On 18 March, 1846, he was admitted into the Royal Hospital at Greenwich; but, resigning the appointment almost immediately, he was placed, 1 April following, in command of his old ship the, stationed at Portsmouth. He had been previously, 19 Feb. 1842, selected as a recipient for the Captain’s Good Service Pension. He attained his present rank 22 Sept. 1847.

Rear-Admiral Pasco married, first, 1 Sept. 1805, Rebecca, daughter of J. L. Penfold, Esq., of the