The Sun.
London, England, 1810-11-19 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION.

SUN OFFICA,
THREE O'CLOCK, P. M.
We stop the press to state, that Dispatches have

ust been received from Sir JOHN STEWART, con-

taining the account of the defeat of MLRAT, in his

attempt upon Sicily. The following is an. abstraet

of the Dispatches t

4. WAR DEPARTMINT, Nov. 19, 1810.

" A Dispatch has been this morning received

from Lieutenant-General Sir JOHN STEWART, dated

Messina, 22d Sept. 1810, reporting, that at day-
light on the morning of the 18th Sept. the great
body of the enemy's flotilla appeared to be pre-
paring an attempt at landing between Messina and
the Faro. While their movements engaged
the attention of the main body of the British
force, a debarkation was effe6ted by a detachment

under General CAVIGNAC, near St. Stefano, about

seven miles to the Southward. This corps consist-
ed of about 3500 men, Corsican and Neapolitan.

tioops, .who had crossed the Streights in about .40
large boats, and gained the Sicilian shore before the

dawn.

" Upon the first alarm, Major-General CAMP-

BELL had repaired to the menaced quarter, where
'he found the German Riflemen engaged with the
enemy, and the 215 t Regiment, and part of the

3d Girrnans; occupying the post of Mili, to pre-
vem the advance of the French upon Messina,

a, well as the mountain pass,s above it. As day

he perceived the enemy already on the
heights, and extending trona thence to the beach ;

but shortly attcr they began to waver, and those
neaicht the boats to commence a precipitate em-

barkatiou, in consequence of
.a sudden and vigo-
rous attack made upon their flank, by the 2d Bat-

talion of Light Infantry, under Lieutenant-Colonel

FISCH ER.

" Major-General CAMPERLL observing this move-
ment of irresolutton, pushed forward with the 215 t
Regiment, and 3d Germans, along the beach, and
thus succeeded in cutting off all the enemy's troops
who had gained the heights, bt,sid,:s some whom
the boats abandoned.

" We have taken about 900 prisoners, including
a Colonel, and two Officers of the General Staff,

together with the colours of the Corsican Legion.

",Besides these, the enemy lost many in killed

and wounded, particularly in the boats pulling off

iron) the shores.

" Ot the British only three private soldiers were

wounded.

" General CAMPBELL speaks in high terms of the

conduct of Lieut.-Colonels ADAM and FISCHER,

and of Captain A'CourtT. He also reports the zeal

and enthusiasm shewn by the, peasantry of the

nejobouring villages, who came down with the
greatest alacrity to the assistance of our troops."

Dispatches from Lord WELLIN GTON reached
Downing-street at half-past two o'clock. They
were brought by tile Herring schooner, for the safe-
ty of which great apprehensions were entertained.
She was in fa& nearly lost at the bayk of the Isle of',
Wight.—The Dispatches are of an old date.

An Inquisition was taken on Thursday, in the
house of Mr. Ray, in Charles-strcet , Berkeley-square,
on the body of Francis Baring, Esq. who shot him-
self at his house, No. 48, in the same street, on the
preceding day. Especial care and secrecy have been'
observed to keep the proceedings of the Coroner's
Cort private. The deceased was a nephew of
the latei Sir Francis ',Baring ; and it appeared, by
the testimony of two witnesses, that he had been
subjed to great despondency for several months,
arising, as it %A as supposed, from pecuniary embar-
rassment. Having sent out his valet to order din-
ner, Mr. Baring locked himself in his dressing worn,
and a report of a pistol alarmed two female servants
in the house. Two neighbours, Messrs. Robinson
and Ray, broke into the room, and found the dec,:as-
ed lying on his face dead, a ball having entered his
forehead, which shot away part of his head. He had
a pistol in each hand, and- one was found loaded.
Verdict—lnsanity.

CORN EXCHANGE, Nov. 19.—The frt sh arrivals
of Wheat coastwise to-day make a tolerable supply,
with part of last weeks' foreign (upwards of 4000
quarters), sales of fine are brisk, at a small advance ;
Barley in short supply, and rather dearer; Beans yt
the two kinds likewise ; Malt and Wl,ite Pease at
little fluctuation ; Oats are again in short supply,
anditlso quoted somewhat dearer; sales of Flout at
last week's redudion.

SP2II7V.

SITTING OV THE CORTES, Ocr. ig.

The discussion on the Liberty of the Press was re-
sumed.

OLIVEROS said, that at present, in the great per-
secution of the French Church, this liberty was pro-
hibited ; and that in Spain lodges (of Free. Masons)
are establishing, which will 'destroy religion ; that
obscure intrigues are formed in darkness ; and that
had it not been, for the people, a revolu►ion would
have broke out in Madrid in 1793; which- would
have deluged the kingdom with blood ; that if this
liberty was not established, those persons would
come to have the upper hand, who affect repub-
licanism it order to obtain power—to be Kings,
Dukes, Peers, Scc.; and that, in fide, by means of
the liberty of the press, England is a steady and
moral nation.

MORALES added, that neither a Holy Father nor
a Council could be mentioned which prohibited
writing.
It was then put to the vote, whether the point
of the politic ii liberty of the press bad been suffici-
ently discussed; wlin it was almost unani►nously
agreed that it bad.
It was then discussed, whether the voting should
be public or secret. On this there were different
opinions; and though ARGUELLES was of opinion
the votes should be taken in the ordinary forth by
those who approved rising up, other Deputies ex-
presed a wish that the votes should be private, be-
cause thus there would be more freedom.

On this some debate took place ; and although
all the means were had recourse to, to support this
opinions yet LUXAN rose and observed, that it was
the wish of the Spanish nation that they should all
be:heroes; that it required firmness and constancy,
not only in thoSe who were in favour of the liberty
of the press, but in those who were against it ; that
the nation would look with the same aspeL•t upon
those who heroically gave their vote for the liberty
of the press, and upon those who with virtue and
constancy toted against it; since both acted equally
from a sense of duty, and were equal in its eyes.
The question was then put, and it way almost
unanimously carried tlut the votingshould be public.