The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-15

Obituary.
DEATH or The BRITISH ADMIRAL or THg FLEEr.
portsmouth correspondence Of London Times. Oct q
Is our painful duty TO announce the death Of the
venerable and Largely honored Admiral Of the Rrtish
meet and Woe Admiral of the United Kingdom, Sir
THOMAS BrAm MAKT1s, G. b. which took place this day
at 10 r. M at the residence Of his son. Rear Admiral
dockysr where he had been on visit for several weeks
The gallant deceased has not fallen victim to any spec
&c disease but has gradually sunk from exhausted
ture with his wishes all grstded the last expressed Of
which was that he might his youngest SON, Rear
Admiral Henry Bysm Martin who commanded the flying
steam squadron in the Baltic before be died This pa
ternal DESIRE 10y the aid OF the Lords OF the Admiralty
who had sent out intelligence of the declining OF
the health Of the Admiral Of the Fleet his the
this port ut eight o'clock Wednesday morning last
Of the steam frgate Leopard with the young admiral
board to look out Cor whom, and hasten his arrival in
port the steam tender sprghtly had been out all night
Thus surrounded BY all his family the brave old sailor
was passing around him The last honor conferred upon
Of tho Patriotic Fund. The great naval biographer,
OBryne, gives the following summary Of the brilliant
deed. performed BY the late Admiral Of the fleet 90,
of June until the 31st of December 1882 the books
Of the Foudroyan Captain John Jervis) entered the
Royal Naval Academy In August, 17ss and embarked in
March, 1885, captains servant board the Pegasus,
IS, commanded BY his royal highness Prince William
Henry with whom he continued to in that vessel
and as midshipman, in the Andromcda frgate, the
North Americas snd West India stations until July,
l7se He was then in succession employed chiefly on
berry Christian; the Southampton, 80 Captain Richard
Goodwin Keats npd the Baraeur SS and Royal George
100 flagship Of Admiral Darlington; and on the I'D OF
October $780, he was made lieutenant into the
Canada, "a, Captain Lord Hugh Seymour and Erasmus
menticne on board tho Inconstant and Juno fryates
commanded in the Channel by Captains George VIII
and Samuel Hood, he was promoted in May,
l793 TO the command of the Tsphone H. fitting for the
Mediterranean where the 9Th OF the ensuing Novem-
ber having Witnessed Lord Hoods occupation OF Toulon
he was made ssrost" into tho Modesto frgate Hi en-
suing appointment 10 the Artos in which vessel,
believe, he co-operaed in the reduction OF Basta
Obtaining command Of the Santa Msrgaretta Of 40
auns, and o3T men Captain Martin besides making
prize in that ship OF lie Jean Bart corvette of Is guns,
and the prvatcers LIE Buonaparc Of l6 guns and 1877
and lie Iengeur of Is aud ITO men, succeeded
June 1885, in eecting the capture, after close and
gallant action Of 20 minutes, of the Tamise, of 40 guns
with the loss to the British of only slain and wounded
In December, 1876, he removed to the lamar 49, and,
being ordered to the West Indies present in April
1897 the unsuccessful attack Puerto Rico During
the five following months he had the fortune to capture
not less than nine prvateers carrying in the whole 5s
guns and $40 In October 1885, at which period he
had lad command for ten months of the Dictator, g.
Capt Martin removed to the Fsgard Of 46 guns and PSI
Continuing in that frigate the Channel station
until December 1901 he contryed October 90 179S when
OF Bres 10 capture the French ship Imnortalte OF AZ
and including troops at the close Of an OBJ
tnate conflict of great length productive Of loss to the
enemy of 81 killed and 81 wounded and to the Fsgard
of 10 killed and 20 wounded To add to the merit Of Cap
tain Martin in possessing himself OF the Taise and the
mmortalite, may record the fact that in both in
stances his own ship was manned with a young raw,
meet with the least reward On the night of June %
1900 we find him in personal command Of the beats Of
squadron entering the Quimper river, and eiecng on
its banks the destruction of three batteries mounting
"a FOUNDERS, together with their magazines Prior
to leaving the Fsgard he further took La Venus of 80
Gronde prvateer, Of lG guns and i4l men; EAierte,
prvatcer Of Ia guns and "a FL Vivo, national
sell of Ii guns and 100 men, and three Others mounting
Is guns His succeeding appointments were-in March,
1so3 to the lmpetueux 81 in which ship he served in
the Channel until the ed Of Decembcr 1905 in 1907 to
fhap II nr WaIa Ipnvln In
and Baltic stations ID Of September 1908 to the Victo
ry 100 Captain Of the Fleet under Sir James Sauna
August, 1916 to the Royal Sovereign yacht,
at the time in the implscsble, fell in with
and after long chase, brought to close action, in
most brave and gallant manner the Russian "a gun ship
scwolod whose fire he slenced in about twenty minutes
being only prevented from capturing her by the approach
Of the Whole Russian feet which bore up to her support
Of the port of Rogcrswck, and in that position at
tackled by Rear Admiral Sir Samuel Hood the Centaur
who, although that shp herself took the ground, COM
PEELED her to surrender sitter obstinate defence, in
which and in her engagement with the Implacable (sx
of whose people slain and twenty six wounded she
had 3o3 men killed. wounded, and missing. She
then set fire and destroyed the Centaur having been
previously hove of by the cxertious OF Captain Martini
sion as 10 call forth the thanks Of Sir Samuel Hood In
ancng 10 the conduct Of the lmplacable in her antccc-
dent action Sir Samuel in his official letter. declares
OF her brave worthy, and excellent commander upon
whom the King of Sweden, acknowledgment, con-
erred the insignia of knight Of the Order OF the
sword On the 9th Of July, 1909, Captain Martin, in
company with the Melromene friga'e entered the Gulf
II Earya, and captured nine merchant veseds Being
advanced to the nix Of Rear-Admal on August 1871
he ostcd his flag in April 1Si2 board the Aboukir
a. and returned to the Baltic, where he took
getc part in the defence Of Riga and co0peraed with
the Russian army under Prince Bagraon, against the
French troops under navout In the the same
year he appointed second in command at Plymouth
at which port he continued, with the exception OF
short time passed in the Creole &C. and Akbar So on
the coast Of Spain and of the Scheld) until 1915 his
aag flying during the period the Prince Frederick "a
lmpregnabe, 9S and Gauges, -. In 1914 he received
the honor Of knighthood. He created ak. c. B.
I'd of January, 1876; Vice Admiral, 18th of August
1919: G. c. B., Sd Of March, $780, full Admiral 22d
Of July following and Vice Admiral Of the United King
dom in 1s47. His two elder sons, William Fanshawe and
Henry Byam, both Rear Adrals in the Royal Navy;
the former is Superintendent Of Portsmouth Dockyard
the latter late in command Of the flying squadron Of
the feet under Sir Charles Napier in the Baltic His
youngest son. Lieutenant Colonel Robert Fanshawo Mar
tin Deputy Adutant General of the Queens forces at
Bombay, died at Poonah on the 18th of July, 40
Naval Intelligence.
The United States steam frgate Princeton arrived at