​BAINBRIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1826.)

Joseph Andrew Bainbridge died of yellow fever at Port Royal, Jamaica, in the early part, we believe, of 1846.

This officer entered the Navy, 30 Jan. 1812; passed his examination in 1819; and obtained his commission, 20 Nov. 1826. He was afterwards appointed – 30 April, 1834, to the President 52, flagship of Sir Geo. Cockburn – 15 May, 1835, to the Scylla 16, Capt. Edw. Geo. Carpenter – 18 May, 1836, to the Talavera 74, Capts. Thos. Ball Sulivan and Wm. Bowen Mends – 22 June, 1837, to the Donegal 78, Capts. Fras. Brace and John Drake – 18 Oct. 1838, to the Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington Reynolds – and, 14 May, 1842, as First Lieutenant, to the Cambridge 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard – on the North America and West India, Lisbon, and Mediterranean stations. From 28 Jan. 1843, until the period of his death, he commanded the Pickle schooner, in the West Indies. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.