A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Newell, Julius James Farmer
NEWELL. (Captain, 1838. f-p., 17; h-p., 22.)
Julius James Farmer Newell entered the Navy, 18 May, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Diana 38, Capts. Chas. Grant and Wm. Ferris; under the former of whom, on his return from a voyage to the West Indies, he participated in an attack made in Nov. 1810 upon the two French frigates Amazone and Elize, lying aground under the protection of several strong batteries in the neighbourhood of La Hogue. In Oct. 1811 he rejoined Capt. Grant on board the St. Albans 64; and, continuing to serve with him in the Armada 74 until Sept. 1814, was present in that ship in a partial action with the French fleet off Toulon 5 Nov. 1813, also in the unsuccessful attack upon Leghorn, and at the reduction of Genoa and Savona. Being received, next, on board the Rhin 38, Capt. Chas. Malcolm, he was afforded an opportunity, 18 July, 1815, of witnessing the capture, by the boats of a squadron, of three armed vessels and a convoy in the harbour of Corrijou, near Abervrach. He took up, in the following month, a commission bearing date 4 March, 1815; and was next appointed – 23 Sept. 1817, to the Pandora 18, Capts. Geo. Matthew Jones and Chas. Grenville Randolph, in which vessel he was for nearly five years employed on the Cork station – and, 11 May, 1824, as First-Lieutenant, to the Sappho 18, Capts. Wm. Hotham and Wm. Pitt Canning, fitting for Halifax, where and at the Cape of Good Hope he served for about two years. Attaining the rank of Commander 20 Nov. 1828, he was appointed in that capacity, 28 Jan. 1836, to the Orestes 18, and next, 1 Jan. 1838, to the Second-Captaincy of the Asia 84, Capt. Wm. Fisher, both in the Mediterranean. Since his advancement to Post-rank, which took place 28 June in the latter year, he has been on half-pay. Agents Messrs. Stilwell.