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London, England, 1854-10-28 00:00:00

Obituarz

SIR THOMAS BUM MARTIN, G.C.8., Admiral of the
Fleet, expired on Saturday afternoon, at the official
residence of his son, Rear-Admiral Superintendent
Martin, in Portsmouth Dockyard. The deceased,
who had attained the advanced age of eighty-three
years, arrived at Portsmouth on a visit to his son
about a month ago, in a very delicate state of health.
He was the third son of the late Sir Henry Martin,
Bart., Comptroller of the Navy, and for some time
M.P. for Southampton. The name of the deceased
was borne on the books of the Foudroyant, 80,
Captain John Jervis, from 23rd June, 1782, until the
31st of December of the same year. He entered the
Royal Naval Academy in August, 1785, and in March,
1786, embarked on board the Pegasus, 28, com-
manded by his Royal Highness Prince William
Henry, with whom he continued to serve in that and
other vessels until July, 1789. Ho was subse-
quently employed on Channel service. On the 22nd
of October, 1790, he was promoted to the rank of
lieutenant; and, after various services, in May, 1793,
to the command of the Sisiphone, 12. On the sth
of November, 1793, he was present at Lord Rood's
occupation of Toulon, and was made post into the
frigate Modeste. In the Artois, to which he was
next appointed, he co operated in the reduction of
Bastia. Captain Martin was afterwards appointed to
the Santa Margaritta, of 40 guns and 237 men, in
which vessel he succeeded in making many prizes.
Amongst others, he captured, after a hard-fought
action of about twenty minutes, the Tamise, of 40
guns and 306 men. The Tamar, 38, was his next
ship, in which he was ordered to the West Indies,
where he was present at the unsuccessful attack on
Puerto Rico, in 1797. Captain Martin was appointed
to the Dictator, 64, and afterwards to the Fisgard, 46.
In this ship he succeeded in making a prize of the
French ship Immortatite, of 42 guns and 580 men,
including troops. The conflict on this occasion was
a very obstinate one. Another gallant action he per-
formed in the Quimper River, on the 23rd of June,
1600, On that night he took personal command of

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the boats of a squadron, entered the river, and com-
pletely demolished three batteries on its banks,
mounting seven 24-pounders, together with their
magazines. After commanding several other ships,
and performing a long series of active services, the
deceased succeeded to the rank of rear-admiral on
the Ist of August, 1811, hoisted his flag on board the
Aboukir, 74, in April, 1812, and sailed to the Baltic,
where he took a prominent and energetic part in the
defence of Riga, and co-operated with the Russian
army, under Prince Bagration, against the French
troops under Davoust. In the autumn of 1812 he
was appointed second in command at Plymouth.
He received the honour of knighthood in 1814; was
created a K.C.B. 2nd January, 1815 ; a vice-admiral
12th August, 1819; a G.C.B. 3rd March, 1830; a
full admiral 22nd July, 1830 ; vice-admiral of the
United Kingdom in 1847 ; and admiral of the fleet
13th Oct., 1849. For many years Admiral Martin
held the appointment of comptroller of the navy.
He was appointed deputy comptroller in 1815, and in
1816 succeeded Sir T. B. Thompson as comptroller.
For nearly fifteen years he was one of the represen-
tatives of Plymouth in Parliament. Admiral Martin
was also one of the elder brethren of the Trinity-
house, had been a director of Greenwich Hospital,
and a commissioner of the Board of Longitude. He
bad the honour, at the funerals of two British
sovereigns—George IV. and William IV.—of acting
as assistant supporter of the canopy over the bodies.
He married Catherine, daughter of Captain Fan-
shawe, R.N., resident commissioner of Plymouth
Dockyard, and sister of the present Rear-Admiral
Arthur Fanshawe, R.N., C.B. By this lady he bad
three sons and three daughters. His two elder
sons, William Fanshawe and Henry Byam, are both
rear-admirals in the Royal Navy. The former is the
present Admiral Superintendent of Portsmouth
Dockyard ; and the latter, but lately promoted, has
had the command of the flying squadron in the
Baltic, under Sir C. Napier. The youngest son,
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Fanshawe Martin,
Deputy Adjutant-General of the Queen's forces at
Bombay, died at Poonah on the 13th of July, 1946.
The death of MAJOR-GENERAL MIDDLETON took
place at his residence, Rocky-hill-terrace, Maidstone,
on Sunday morning last. General Middleton served
in the West Indies with the Royals, in 1805 and 1806;
on the staff with the army which proceeded from
Madras to the Northern Mahratta country, beyond
the Nerbudda River, in 1809 and 1810 ; with the 22nd
Light Dragoons, in Java, during 1811, 'l2 and 'l3,
and was present at the affairs of the 10th and 21st,
and at the cavalry charge which finally settled the
conquest of that valuable island, on the 26th August,
1811, after the fortress and lines of Cornelius had
been forced. Employed also at the taking of Djocjo-
carta, and all the subsequent operations which took
place on tb at island under the gallant Gillespie. Was
in the field with the 22nd Light Dragoons in 1815 and
1816, and during the whole of the Mahratta war of
1817, 'lB, and 'l9, and was present with the division
of the late Sir Thomas Munro at the capture of the
forts of Daumul, Dorwar, Bedamme, Belgautn, and
Shallapore, at which place he was severely wounded.
The dates of the deceased general's commissions are
as follows :—Ensign, September 19, 1804 ; lieutenant,
28th April, 1806; captain, 18th July, 1815; brevet-
major, Bth Feb., 1819 ; major, 16th June, 1425 ;
lieutenant colonel, 19th Nov., 1825 ; colonel, 28th
June, 1838 ; major-general, 11th Nov., 1851. He
was appointed Assistant-Commandant of the Cavalry
Depot, Maidstone, on the 23rd September, 1829, and
Commandant on the Ist of January, 1842. On his
promotion to the rank of major-general, and conse-
quent retirement from the depOt, a reward of 1001.
per annum for distinguished services, in addition to
his pay, was conferred on him by the Government,
and he had also for many rears received a pension of
1001. a year in consideration of the wounds he had
received in various engagements.
It is with feelings of deep regret that we announce
the death of VI/V:OUNT CREwrox, of the Scots Fusi-
lier Guards. His lordship died at Scutari, whither
he had been conveyed from the Crimea on the 7th
instant, from the severe wounds he had received at
the battle of the Alma. This gallant young nobleman
was the eldest son of the Earl Waldegrave, and was
born June 29, 1816. The late viscount leaves a
widow and three young children, the youngest, a son,
having been born on the 14th instant.
LORD DUNALLET died on Thursday week, at Kilboy,
county of Tipperary, after a protracted illness. The
venerable nobleman had reached his eightieth year,
having been born on the 3rd of March, 1775. He
was a representative peer of Ireland, and a steady
supporter of moderate and liberal policy. The de
ceased peer is succeeded by his nephew, Mr. Henry
l'rittie, son of the late Hon. F. A. I'rittie, formerly
one of the representatives for the county of Tippe-

rary.
The death of the COUNTESS OF STAMFORD AND
WARRINGTON, took place on Sunday last, at Brighton.
The countess had repaired to that watering-place
about six weeks back, apparently in robust health,
when) shortly after taking up her residenoe, she was

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8 eized with symptoms, which excited so much alarm
that the noble earl, who was in Scotland, was called
to Brighton by telegraph. The deceased countess
was married on the 23rd December, DAS, at the Old
Church, at Brighton. She leaves no issue by her
marriage, but her loss will be greatly felt by the aged
poor and necessitous on his lordship's estates, to
whom she was a considerate benefaetress.
Her Royal Highness the Docitzss or WUSTENBURG
died on Saturday, aged eighty-nine. She was a Prin-
cess Czartoryski, and sister to Princ.s Adam Czarto-
ryski. Her Highness shared her brother's exile,
and is greatly regretted by all Poles.
Intelligence has been received at the War-office of
the decease of Loan FREDERICK LEVESON GOWER of
the Coldstream Guards. The deceased escaped
unhurt at the victory on the heights of the Alma,
where he served with the Rifle Brigade ; but subse-
quently fell a victim to the prevailing epidemic. His
lordship was on the eve of returning to England,
wing just exchanged into the Coldstream Guards.

THE Punta° Haar:ie.—The Registrar-General says
in his last report :—The deaths registered in London,
which in the first two weeks of October were 1532
and 1394, declined in the week that ended last Satur-
day to 1321. In the ten weeks of the years 1844-58,
corresponding to last week, the average number was
942, which, being raised in proportion to increase of
population, becomes 1,030. About three hundred
persons died last week more than could be estimated
from the experience of former years at the middle of
October. Last week the deaths from cholera were
163. The mortality from the epidemic declines, but
not so rapidly as in the same month of 1849. In
three weeks of October in that year the deaths were
288, 110, and 41; in the last three weeks of the ex
isting epidemic they have been 411, 249, and 163.
The fatal cases of diarrhea and dysentery were 102
and 100 in the first two weeks of the present month;
last week they declined to 83. In comparing the
returns from the five metropolitan divisions for the
last two weeks it will be seen that the improvement
which they show is greatest on the north side of the
river. Of the five northern districts cholera lingers
most in Marylebone, though the mortality in it is
not great. In the last two weeks the deaths in that
district were 9 and 12 ; while in Pancras, with •
larger population, there were only $ last. week,
which occurred in Camden-town. Only one death
occurred last week in Islington, and one in Hackney.
Among the sub-districts on the south side of the
river still haunted by the disease are St. James's,
Bermondsey, the Kent•road subdistrict, and St.
Peter, Walworth.
PRESENTATION OF A TESTIMONIAL TO DR. ARM-
STRONG, OF " INVESTIGATOR."—On Tuesday,
at the Ship Hotel, Woolwich, a valuable gold chro-
nometer, and chain of a cable pattern, was presented
by the seamen belonging to her Majesty's ship
Investigator, recently returned from the Arctic
regions, after having been absent nearly five years,
to Dr. Armstrong, the medical officer belonging to
the vessel. On the back is engraved an exquisitely-
finished view of the Investigator locked in the ice,
the obverse side bearing the following inscription :
"Presented, October, 1854, to Alexander Armstrong,
Esq., M.D., late surgeon of her Majesty's ship Inves-
tigator, by the petty officers, seamen, and marines
of that ship, as a testimony of their sincere respect
and gratitude for his unwearied professional skill and
humanity during their unparalleled hardships in the
Arctic service, which resulted in the discovery of the

north-west passage."
Two STEAMERS, the Empress and the Queen, built
by Mare and Co. for the Dover, Calais, and Ostend
Royal Mail Service, were launched at Blackwell on
Saturday last. They are of 304 tons measurement,
and of the following dimensions :—Length between
the perpendiculars, 155 feet ; extreme breadth, 20
feet; depth, 11 feet 3 inches. Their machinery, of
100 nominal horse power each, will he fitted imme-
diately, and in every short time they will be on their
station. Their guaranteed speed is thirteen knots,
but it is confidently anticipated that they will run the
distance between Calais and Dover regularly within
one hour and a half, and between Dover and Ostend
within four hours.
THE receipts for admission at the Crystal Palace
last week were 7961. 14s. The number of visitors
was 17,729.
A aumotie is current in the county of Selkirk that
the present member, Mr. A. E. Lockhart, intends
shortly to retire into private life. It is understood'''
that Mr. Charles Plummer, Sunderland-hall, will be
brought forward as his successor on the Coneerva-
the side, and will be opposed by Mr. J. N. Murray,
of Philiphaugh, on the Liberal interest.
ARRANGEMENTS are in progress for the appointment
of a missionarT bishop for the islands of the Pacific
Ocean, where it is calculated more than fifty different
languages are spoken.
ONE gentleman in Herefordshire will realise 8,0001.
by the sale of this year's growth of hops, while num-
bers of other hop-growers there have not a hop
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Diary in Turkish and Greek Waters. By the
Earl of Carlisle. London: Longmans.
LORD CARLDILR is a most unexceptionable re-
presentative of the Whig aristocracy, and,
perhaps, the better representative that he has
no decided character of his own. We respect
his amiability and his virtues, but it would be
uncivil irony to speak of him as possessing
political opinions of his own. He reflects the
aspects of opinion prevalent in his circle, and
echoes the phrases dropped from lips which
constitute his standard of political orthodoxy.
We would back him against any character of
his time for giving expression to the policy of
his party.
It is for this reason that we attach some
importance to this diary. He left London, he
tells us, on the 3rd of June last year, when
the Eastern question had risen into great im-
portance, and when he was sure to have been
indoctrinated with the sentiments of his
Mends in the Government concerning it. " I
" go," he writes at the commencement of his
diary, " towards the venerable and mysterious
" East, with a fixed conviction on my mind
" that it is about very shortly to become the
" theatre of completed scripture prophecy,
" and of a commencing new dispensation of
" events." The plain meaning of this phrase,
" a new dispensation of events," as ex-
plained by subsequent entries, is, that the
Russians are to take possession of Constanti-
nople and expel the Turks from Europe, a
result to which he uniformly looks forward
with much complacency. But, as a sincerely
pious person, his lordship should be careful
how he interprets scripture prophecy accord-
ing to his awn wishes, or what he conceives
may be the interest of his friends in the Admi-
nistration. The above sentence is a key to
the volume, though we are bound to say his
lordship keeps his promise, and does not
" perk this topio" too frequently in the
reader's face.
Steaming down the Danube, he acknow-
ledges that the inhabitants are adverse to
Russian rule, and that hopes of progress are
not discernible from that quarter. So, on
quitting the Sulina mouth of the Danube,
he records an instance of Russian faithless.

ness :
This channel was secured to Russia by the treaty of
Adrianople, on the condition that it should be open to the
commerce of all nations, and that the Russians should
keep it in navigable order. They have brought a dredging-
machine there, but it has scarcely ever been detected at
work ; and the result might be inferred from the spectacle
which at present met our eyes, of hundreds of vessels in
the river within the mouth, and scores of them in the sea
without, unable to pass the Bar. Our ship only drew
seven feet and a half of water, and had purposely brought
no merchandise. We winded triumphantly through along
double tier of vessels, but even we grazed the ground sensi-
bly on passing the Bar.
But trifling circumstances of this kind do
not shake his faith in the superiority of the
Muscovite to the Turk. At Varna he met
Mr. Stanley, son of Lord Stanley of Alderly,
attached to the embassy of Constantinople,
who expressed his opinion that in fair fight
Turkey would beat Russia. But, adds his
lordship, " I cannot share this anticipation ;"
and the reason he gives is curious—" Every-
" thing seems done in such a slip-shod
" manner."
Whenever war is mentioned he takes the
opportunity to declare his conviction—of
course derived from his friends at home—of
the preservation of peace. Under date of June
26th he writes, " I believe it to be tolerably
" obvious at present that there is no imme-
" diate prospect of war." At a Turkish dinner,
two days later,
all were extremely courteous to me, not at all relishing
the opinion I expressed that there would be no actual
war at present.
Describing the Sultan, he says :
The impression his aspect conveys is of a man gentle,
unassuming, feeble, unstrung, DOOMED. No energy of
purpose gleamed in that passive glance; no augury of
A
vioto
sat on that still brow. . . . The Sultan looked
111 PT '4414,14 riding past; Bolingbroke, however, has
It ariived.
t,....%_ 130 thwarrival, according to Lord Carlisle's
F.:*l:' satibipa4iituoPicts not to be long delayed, for
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in *it .. next entry, when it is stated that 80,000
- Russians had centered Moldavia, he exclaims,
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