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Rh PRICE. 

, born 1 Jan. 1793, is eldest son of Barrington Price, Esq., of West House, Brighton (brother of Sir Uvedale Price, Bart., of Foxley, co. Hereford), by Lady Maria Lyon Bowes, daughter of John ninth Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn. He is grand-nephew and godson of Admiral Hon. Sam. Barrington, brother of the first Viscount Barrington. His brother, William Price, was killed in America in 1814, while serving in the 74.

This officer entered the Navy, 18 Sept. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the frigate, Capt. John Poo Beresford, attached to the force in the North Sea; and was subsequently employed on the Halifax and Home stations in the  44, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham,  40, and  and  74’s, all commanded by Capt. J. P. Beresford, and  sloop, Capts. Benj. Clement and Robt. Forbes. While attached to the he served in her boats, in the capacity of Midshipman, in two attempts made to destroy a French 80-gun ship moored under the batteries in Vigo harbour. He was frequently, too, engaged in boat affairs under the enemy’s batteries along the French coast; and in 1809 he was present at the destruction of the shipping in Aix Roads and in the operations connected with the expedition to the Walcheren. After having acted for a short period as Lieutenant in the, he was confirmed, 3 July, 1812, to that rank in the 74, Capts. Rowland Mainwaring and Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas, under the latter of whom we find him, at the close of 1813, assisting at the capture of a convoy and the destruction of the enemy’s batteries at Port d’Anzo, besides participating in the unsuccessful attack upon Leghorn. Joining shortly after the latter event the 38, Capts. Wm. Hoste and Fras. Stanfell, he proceeded to the coast of North America, and in 1814 accompanied the expedition up the Penobscot. He came home in Oct. of the same year; attained the rank of Commander 18 Sept. 1815; and was lastly, from 16 Sept. 1828 until advanced to his present rank 25 June, 1831, employed on the Irish station in the 18.

Capt. Price married, 20 July, 1831, Dorothea Grace, eldest daughter of Hugh Kennedy, Esq., of Cultra, co. Down, by whom he has issue a daughter. – Messrs. Halford and Co.

 PRICKETT. 

, born 23 April, 1789, is son of the late Commander John Prickett, R.N.; and brother of Lieut. John David Prickett, R.N., who was Senior of the sloop, Capt. Rich. Keilly, when that vessel, with all on board, was lost on the Halifax station in 1807.

This officer entered the Navy, 3 Dec. 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the gun-brig, commanded by his father, Lieut. John Prickett, with whom he served in the Channel until May, 1802, part of the time in the capacity of Midshipman. Joining in the following July the 74, he sailed in that ship with the broad pendant of Sir Sam. Hood for the West Indies, where, in the attack of 1803 upon Ste. Lucie, he took command of a boat and was employed in landing the troops. After serving for a short time on the Home station in the 80, Capt. Peter Spicer, and  38, Capt. Hon. Chas. Herbert, he returned to the West Indies, and became attached in succession to the and  74’s, flag-ships of Vice-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres, by whom he was nominated Sub-Lieutenant of the schooner, Lieut.-Commander John Jas. Rorie. Being made full Lieutenant, 28 April, 1805, into the of 18 guns and 121 men, Capt. Jeremiah Coghlan, Mr. Prickett, as Senior of that sloop, assisted at the capture, among other vessels, of La Bellone privateer of 4 guns and 50 men, and on 28 May, 1806, after an arduous chase of three days and nights, of La Diligente national brig, mounting 14 long 6-pounders and 2 brass 36-pounder carronades, with a complement of 125 men. In command of the boats of the 18, into which vessel he had followed Capt. Coghlan as First-Lieutenant in the spring of 1807, he succeeded in cutting out a schooner from under the protection of 6 gun-boats. He was for six weeks also engaged as a volunteer in cruizing in a boat for the interception of the enemy’s small privateers; and for his general services in the he had the gratification of receiving, with Capt. Coghlan, the thanks of the Governor and House of Assembly at Jamaica. While employed next, as Senior, in the sloop, Capt. John Gore, Mr. Prickett was present at the blockade and surrender of the city of San Domingo, and, owing to the illness of his Captain, had many anxious duties to perform. Returning to England about Aug. 1809, he became, in Jan. 1810, Flag-Lieutenant in the to the second in command at Portsmouth, Vice-Admiral Herbert Sawyer, with whom he afterwards served in the same capacity in the  36 and  64, on the coast of North America, until advanced to the rank of Commander 30 Jan. 1813. During a few months of that period he held the acting-command of the 18, and made many prizes. In the 14, to which vessel he was appointed 25 March, 1814, Capt. Prickett took an American privateer of superior force, as also of a valuable East Indiaman – a service for which he was complimented by the First Lord of the Admiralty, and, at the request of the Commander-in-Chief, immediately removed, 25 Dec. in the same year, to the  16, a much finer sloop. Continuing in her but a short period, he was next, 9 Aug. 1823, appointed to the 18, fitting for the coast of Africa, where he cruized with success in suppression of the slave-trade, and where, on being nominated Acting-Captain of the  42, he became senior officer. In the latter capacity he rendered cordial co-operation and assistance to Lieut.-Colonel Sutherland, the Commandant at Cape Coast Castle, when threatened with an attack by the King of Ashantee, who was rapidly approaching with 10,000 men to form a junction with a body already encamped near that fortress. He acquired his present rank 20 Aug. 1824, and accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846. While in command of the Capt. Prickett jumped overboard and saved the lives of two seamen, imminently hazarding his own existence, and by his exertions occasioning material injury to his health. We understand that death alone prevented his late Majesty from conferring on him the Hanoverian Guelphic Order, in acknowledgment of his services.

 PRIDHAM. 

is uncle of

This officer entered the Navy, in Aug. 1790, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the, Capt. Fisher, lying at Plymouth; proceeded in 1791 to Newfoundland in the 32, Capt. John Manley; and during the first four years of the war was employed on the Irish, West India, and Mediterranean stations, in the  32 and  64, both commanded by Capt. Lewis Robertson, Vanguard