The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-06 00:00:00

THE LEVIATHAN.

Yesterday afternoon considerable anxiety W 39 mani-
fested on the river for the safety of the Leviathan steam-
ship, moored off Deptford, in consequence of the break-
ing of two •of her bow mooring chains. The ship all
along has been held by three chains at her stem, and
during heavy weather without any failure of. the moor-
ings. In the course of the forenoon of yesterday the
wind graitially freshened up from the eastward, until it
blew almost a gale. About two o'clock a very heavy
squall from the E.N.E. came in full force on the port
bow of the huge ship, and there being a strong flood tide
caused 'an immense strain on the mooring chains. The
chain on the p :rt bow first went, a link breaking some
dozen feet from the hawse bole, and this bring an in-
creased pressure on the other two, moorings the bow
(sten)) chain went. The wind and strong flood which
swept up the Reach caused the forward.,v4rstof the ship
to incline towards the • Deptford shore. 'Mr. Drowse,
the officer who was in charge of the vessel, Capt. liar.
rison being absent on leave, immediately adopted every
precaution to secure and protect the ship. Some steam-
ers which. lay between the Leviathan and the shor,,
llA9bi-ited in checking the canting of the bow of the ship
inwards. Wittt.all expedition a large hawser wns laic
out to the Dreadnought, and three powerful steam-tuge
were brought to bear on the port bow in hauling the
skip into her former position. Fortunately the equal'
was of short duration, but the weather continued bole-
terous, and the tugs were engaged until late in the even-
ing in keeping the bow out, when the steamer was again
secured by additional chains front Brown and Lenox,
and the Thames Conservancy depot. The Leviathan
has-sustained not the least. injury, and, as far as we
could learn, none of the vessels that were lying inside
her were damaged, with the exception of the stern of a
dumb lighter being stove in. As a matter of precaution
it was deemed prudent to have one or two of the tugs in
attendance during the night, the weather continuing un-
favourable. Itshould be stated that themoorings at the
stern remained firm.

RECRUITING IN CANADA FOR THE BRITISH Aitfiv.—
An extra official Gazette of Wednesday states that the
Queen has been pleased to approve the raising of a regi-
ment in Canada, consistin of 1,000 rank and-file, to be
called the " 100th, or Prince of Wales's Regiment."
London, Niagara, Toronto, Kingston, Ottawa, Montreal
and Quebec have been appointed depots for the inspec-
tion and reception of recruits for this regiment. No au-
thority is given to enlist or procure recruits beyond the
borders of the dominions of the Queen ; and any bargain,
promise, or agreement made without these provinces
will not be respected. This shows the determination of
the Imperial Government not to incur the risk of any
new enlistment difficulty with the United States ; but if
Americans come here of their own free will for the pur-
pose of enlisting, we see nothing to prevent their doing
so. Commissions in this new regitient will be
granted without purchase to one major, six captains, and
eight lieutenants. TheFe commissions will be granted,
on certain conditions, to residents of Canada who
have already served in the army, or who may be in the
receipt of half pay. The fitness of the applicants for
these commissions is to be attested by a board of officers
who are to meet at Montreal, and every applicant certi-
fied by them h to be approved and recommended by the
Governor-General. Though the commissions are not t
be paid for in money, they are virtually to be paid for
to men. To entitle any one to receive a major's com-
mission he must previously have brought to some one of
the recruiting depots 200 men, who have passed an
examination. A captain's commission is, in like man-
ner, vatted at 80 men, and a lieutenant's at 40. The
Prince of Wales, however, as General commanding-In-
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for commissions, with or without purcba.e, 'at the discre-
tion of his R wyal Highness. A bounty of $3 is to be
given to each recruit, with a complete kit of necegsariee.
This is teo small to prove any temptation, but there is
little doubt that recruits will be found easily enough.
The present condition of stagr.ation, both in this pro-
vince and in the United States, is eminently favourable
to recruiting, and will of i'self be sufficient to insure tiae
success of the attempt.—Quebec Gazette, March 8.
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