The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-10 00:00:00

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Warden, wh eh will have her gun potC"'' -,-. - :-
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siderably raised, while her armour-plirt4 ~A.
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carried lower than is the case in the Oirst49 - ll,
plated ships. Not the least importit, lc 6/9'
the Lord Warden will be the plat***,:lfiqq:44.,/
armour-plates of the same thickness threctg 5,_,,,.........
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but whether the plates will be of 41-in. or ttn.
bin. has not been finally decided upon at the Ad-
miralty. The rolling propensities so observable in..
armour-plated ships during rough weather will, it;
is anticipated, be very considerably lessened, if not
altogether obviated, in the Lord Warden by placing
her boilers and machinery about two feet closer to
her kelson than is the case on board other vessels of
tier class.

THE ARMY.

Col. O'Brien, commandingthe 4th battalion Mili-
tary Train at Woolwich, yesterday received instruc-
tions from the Horse Guards to hold himself in rea-
diness to proceed by the overland route to Now
Zealand, in company of a veterinary surgeon of the
battalion for the purchase of horses and waggonu
for the use of the battalino on their arrival. Tho
battalion consists of Major Grey, Captains Greens,
Fletcher, and Wilson, Lieutenants Webb, St. Aubin,
Sewell, Shaw, and Creagh, Ensigns Davies and
Leir, Adjutant Schakleton, Quartermaster Lambert,
Surgeon D'Arcey, A Veterinary Surgeon Ap-
pleton, and the full force of the battalion—namely,
287 non-commissed officers and men, with full
equipment of harness, &c.
They will be replaced
at Woolwich most probably by a squadron of the
2d battalion from Aldershot, which will be rein-
stated there by a further increase of the corps.
Quartermaster White, appointed to the Wool-
wich division of Royal Marine Infantry, on
promo-
tion from the rank of Sergeant-Major to the Ports-
mouth division, has been presented with a handsome
sword and belt by his commanding officer, Major_
Gen. A. Anderson, R.M.L.L, as a mark
. Aof
he White at
and regard. The private friends of li
Gosport have presented him with a handsome V
tea and coffeo service:

Orders were yesterday received by the heads of
departments in Woolwich Arsenal from the Secre-
tary of State for War, directing facilities to be af-
forded to the officers of the Military Store
Depart-
ment, under the direction of Mr. Parkyn, Deputy-
Superintendent, to pass through a course of instruc-
tions in the laboratory and the various manufactur-
ing branches, so as to obtain a competent knowledge
cf the stores under their charge.

Foundering of the British Iron Ship Scinde

on her First Voyage.

A heavy loss to the underwriters at Lloyd's and
the Marine Insurance Company to the extent of
£lOO,OOO by the foundering of the new iron ship
Scinde has just been reported in the City. The
Scinde was only launched last year from the yard
of Messrs. Pile, Spence, and Co., of West Hartle-
pool, and left England for Kurrachee, with a cargo
of railway iron, in the course of last October. For
her return voyage she took on board a valuable
cargo of coffee and other East Indian produce at
Calicut, on the Malabar coast. She was dismasted
in a hurricane on May 15, and put into the Mau-
ritius, where she was docked for a month and re-
paired. On July 5 she resumed her voyage to
England, having on board Mr. Shankland, vice-
consul of the United States, and Mr. Hoare, pas-
sengers. On the 29th ult. the ship is reported to
have sprung a leak, and at 7 o'clock, after washing
the deck, the pumps were tried, and 13 inches of
water were found is her. The ship was then in lat.
46 30, long. 28 10-1,200 miles from the land. The
wraps were kept going, and at 11 30 all hands
Put to them, and remained until 2 30, when they
left to get some dinner. On recommencing 2 feet
5 inches were found in the ship, and the water was
fast increasing. It being thought that the leak
was in the forepart of the ship, Capt. Shrewsbury,
the commander, got out the cargo stowed there, but
it was ascertained that the leak was in the main-
hold. As it was believed that the ship was fast
settling down sail was shortened, the ship got to
windward, and the boats got ready. The long
boat was stove getting her out, and at 8 o'clock
p.m. the vessel began to sink fast, and it is stated
that there was only time to put a couple of bags of
biscuit and a keg of water into the three boats.
Captain Shrewsbury lowered his wife, two children,
and two passergers from the spankerboom and over
the stern into a boat, all the crew, numbering 24,
getting into the other boat. All hands left the
sinking ship at 11 o'clock, and by burning blue
lights the Swedish barque Erica, Captain Nossen,
from China to Liverpool, bore down upon the boats,
and took on board the whole of their occupants,
and landed them at Queenstown. The cause of the
ship springing such an extensive leak is not ex-
plained, and it is conjectured that she must have
experienced straining on the voyage out with her
heavy cargo of railway iron.