The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1804-12-17 (London, England)

AUSTRIA. The fever has ceased at Malaga, and is upon the decline at Leghorn, but it is said to have broken out at Messina, in Sicily. More Russian troops have arrived in the Mediterranean, and others are expeaed from the Black Sea. The unfortunate Royal Wanderers, the Kings of FRANCE and SARDINIA, are said to have fixed their temporary residence, the former at Riga, and the latter at Cagliari, in Sicily. Their Swcoisll MAJESTCES have been forced to return to Stralsund, after having narrowly escaped shipwreck upon the coast of Sweden.  We have received Philadelphia Papers to the 15th, New-York to the 18th, and Boston to the 23d last. The intelligence which they contain chiefly relates to St. Domingo, where DessaLstss, or, as he now styles himself, .ra oyes, is as absolute as his brother Emperor, BONAPARTE, is in France. The following eztra, from a decree issued by him, on the 22d October, shews also, that his Government is equally mild and friendly towards foreign nations : Art. 1. Every Captain of a vess,d, armed or not, on beard of which one or more persons, ;when, shall be found to be carried to a foreign country, such Captain shall be arrested and thrown into prison, there to lay ten mouths, and after that time to be sent to his own country, with espr;ss orders not to return to she empire of Hayti at his peril. The towel wed cargo shall be esuflscated /*or tlit benefit of the Eiopire. Art. 2. Every native taken on board such foreign vessel shall immediately be shot in the public square. A letter from Boston says, "The flaytians lately captured a Spanish vessel laden with silks and muslins, bound to Vera Cruz. The crew were immediately brought on shore and murdered. A day or two after the captute, the EMPEROR and his principal Officers appeared in new suits of silk." A French frigate, with 2iO troops, arrived at Martinique in the beginning of last month. Two note frigates, with stores, and the same number of mops, had sailed with her from France, but she sailed company with them in a gale of wind, and succeeded in making the port of Trinity, which, hortly after her arrival, was blockaded by three of ur frigates.  The Gazette, which is in the last page, contains a account of the late attack upon Fort Rouge, in le harbour of Cal4is.  Saturday, at two O'CIOCIC, the DANISH and Stv nil A mIIAS.ADORS transaet,:•.l fussiness at Lord Ha 11.3waY's thrice, till half-past three. Letters Patent have passed the Great Seal of Irend for onistituting and appointing Brigadier-Gene-1 Tiromas BROWNRIOO, Examinator and Comp)ller of Army Accounts, in the room of the Hon. 4onel GIORGt NAPIER, deceased. To-morrow, the LORD MA rot( hold a Court Aldermen at Guildhall, at 12 o'clock, to eled &dor of the Orphans' Duty upon coal,; and on ler special affairs. ri Are, Boy Les, from Bristol for Barbadocs, !aptirred and carried into Guadeloupe. the Tartir, CHARNLEY, from Lancaster; P,ne'9 Boarr.sos. ; end the Ctrev, BOUSFIZLID, from idol), all last from Cork, are arrived at Barba. 3, after heating off the Bonaparte French prin. r, of eo guns. Che Diana, VAUGHAN, from Barbadoes, is arrival!' Portsmouth. She sailed the 10th of Norm. in company with the Barron, for Liverpool, and ted two days after sailing. 'he Ilearzetta, Ross, and the RoweVe, Asnvole, n Honduras, for London, we? e spoken with in Galph. he Rorer, --., from Jamaica, for Halifax, taken on the llth of Dauber, off Cape Antonio, wo privateers. 'lns LOUGHTON, from IVilmington, for mock, was totally lost on :he 14th of U.2obcr, Cape Fe..r. he iStatita, PR Ice. from Demerara, for London, I shore near Portsmouth. he Balite Abrchent, Solt TR, from St. Vincent's, ondon, is on shore near Sheerness, se number of ship of the line, returned from 'rest, with Admiral CORNWALLIS, to Torbay, wive ; which. with the Teraeraire and Alas, ously arrived in that Bay, makes the whole str tL. No boat belonging to these ships was sad to go on shore even for beef and water. le British merchant ship &aro, arrived on Sayt at and ate Creek, from Cadiz, which place fon the £6th of November, with half a carconsequence of an intimation from hir.lluer, onsul, that, under the then circumstances, he it consider it safe for Britis:i vessels to remain t port. as an order for an embargo was expect. ey moment.  ~ .:.  - • srigurnEs. '4- 114•••••••••••  11110'S