The Sun.
London, England, 1805-10-11 00:00:00

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40 s tit,/ .114.6.fiL4
of War from Yarmouth,; L"plosion Bomb, arid' se-
veral Gun-brivs froth the Drench Coast.
Sailed L'immortalite and Venus Frigates,
Sloop of War, and many Gun-brigs, on a Cruize Off
t1:-.-2 French Coast.

Eitritta of a Letter from an Offi'eer on board the
Indus, dated Crookhaven, Oct. 'l, 1805 i '

We left St. Helena an the 3d of August, under
convoy.of His Majesty's Ship .Calcutta,- from which
we parted on the -e4ning,'Of 'the 26th Ult.*then.
gaging a part of the Rochefort Squadron.
‘.‘ On. the 25th of September 'we discovered seven
Sail to windward in line of banks, edging down to-
wards us; and from their size, wnepuvres, and mode
of communicating,, by signal, wore fully of opinion
they must be Men of War.

‘-‘ On that -evening we received orders from Cape.
WOODRIFt4 to lead the Fleet, fo- ,close :the (...!'ori.voy
round us,:and steer S.E. shevhng a light, While he
dropped astern to observe 'the Motions of-one ofllin
strange 'Ship; in chase of tl4:' We consequently
stood-nn the.whole, of the night; under
,easy
keeping the (laic/Wei in tiev., Lind at the 'same tibie
the worst sailing, Ships, with as ninch sail as' they
could carry.
" At day-light we saw a large fleet astten of us,
the van of which was in thaw, Linder a press of sail;
at. half past one Capt. WOODIUFFE made the signal
for the fleet to disperse for safety. The leading
Frigate of the Enemy's Squadron Was then steering
immediately for us, and when abreast of the CalcuEta,
Capt. WOODUIFFE hauled up and opened hiA tire
upon her, and they kept up a running fire for some
time, alternately giving each Other broadsides.
We soon saw her attack was inevitable, as she
was coming 'up with us fast; although we bad every
sail we could crowd in the Ship ; and at this period
two Line-of-battle Ships, one. a three-decker; Nygs
bearing down on the Calcutta. EVery endeavour
was made to lame the Frigate, if poSsible, when she
e;ine up, and stern chasers were got out of the cabin
windows,

-As she had fired two shot at ui,.We thOUght no
time should be lost in throwing Over the Company's
Packets and secret PaperS, which was immediately
accomplished : the only chance we had of escaPing,
was by lightening theihip, and throwing over some
ofthe cargo. Its good cads Were qUieklycpereeived.
" At nine in the evening a heavy firing was seen
in'the.N.W. which we Suppo,,,,ed was tat CaloMa
efigdged_with the I,ine7of-battle.Ships i it continued
without intertul?tiou till half past ten ; then suddenly
eeased---4e supposed' Must ha either struck or
stink.
" Captain Woonairres main objea trx.::t have
been- the preservation Of the 4/us ; his most gal. 7
lantly en aging with tln'ee ships of Very superior
force, was'an act Of the' rilus:. determined bravery,
convinced, as he must have been, that the come,
qitence NVOuld be fatal to hhuself: To. the intrepi7
ditv of Capt,'Woonain'i, and the exertions,of the
04IQerg,ana men, must be attributed the safety (*tlitli
is to'the crezlit of the erev• 91. the Illifii,y„
that durfng the pending danger anti alarm, the
greatest reolaritiand or,kr. \VC ;I: preserved. No
part of' tOmpany's vroperty, which „the .tutu,.
• were told tifaS umnsured, while th'ere still remained
a chance of saving, was thrown 'overboard ; whilst
their determination to defend .the ship, should every
thing else prose inetlcEtual, was 'trident in their
condua at their quarters."'

At an early hour yesterday morning the Royal
Westminster Volunteers, Colonel ROBERTSON., made
a very respe6iable muster in the Kink's Mews, for
the.purpose of making 'an..excursion into the coun-
try in their. military charaaer. The rain poured al-
most incessantly for the space of three or four hours,
and the Colonel put it to the.vote, whether,the
jority of the Corps should be disposed or not to en-
counter such. a day of rain. as was at that time. ex-
paled., Both in the general vote and in the vote
by each Company, the majority was considerably in
favour of an obedience to this. Regimental Orders.
The Corps:then set off in several of the new mill-
tary cars. Notwithstanding there was a 'general
option left ,to every Member of the Corps, a , more
mineable muster was made than:. could possibly
have been expeded. under such circumstances. They
were
.conveyed of to Isleworth %sit h the utmost ;ex,
pedition : there they dismounted, and 3 grand-Sham-
corriMenced between.them and the Isleworth
0 .
and Twickenham Volunteers: 'They skirmished on
to,Witton, froth thence to Hounslow-I'loth, from
whence they changed positions to several adjacent
parts of theconntry, and at length returned to the
Heath, 'vhere the retreating Army surrendered,-,
The different ,Corps Abell took some refreshment on
the field. Previous to their return,to town, colonel
ROBERTSON', in the name of the .Corps, presented
a very elegant sword and, pairof pistols to 'Lieute-
nant-Colonel '.Cu as a token of their.. resped
and esteem for that Genticom ,during the time of
his being an 00-icer in that Corps. The.. COrps
formed theniielyes in the figUre of an oblong square;
the arms Were conveyed, under the escort of a tile
of men and placed on the drum-head,—,The Colonel
then presented then). to the lieutenant-Colonel,
with an appropriate Speech ; and the Lieutenant,
Colonel, in the most energetic wanner, expres:;ed
his gratitude fbr the honour done him, his firm at-
oclapeot to the'honourof the Corps, and his most
tnialterzible determination to defcnd the Country and
support cur ins aluzible Constitution.. Notwithstand-
: ing the WeZtther was so extromely disagreeable at the
setting out,' dining the space o imir iive hours of
military duty, orSkirrnishing wit h the nominal Ene7
my, there was not, any rant, though the groutld was
rather uncomfortable to the foci. of:men who had .to •
run about with the utinost a:•tivity in all (111'04Amts.
The :Royal WeStminster Tau r d. to townabout hail
after eight lot night, having bk:wit at that tune neatly
twelve hours. on duty, and recTived.. the. thanki,ol.
their CoutthanditigOlficer, tor their good d
alertness, and P iait ace , during the whole of a
very heavy day'i Military duty. , •
• A curious law respeaing the. rafirriage of Subal-
tern
.oflicers in the Muir anti Navy it pas.ied ih
• Holland, on the:2,6th ult. by which they ar prohi-
bited from mariving ~vithout consent of Government,
which will not. he ,grznited.- until it be proved that,
after the death .of the husband,. a yearly Incnme,
equal to the pay which- the husband received at the
awe of his marriaze. will remain to the widow; -