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MP, 11, Catha rine -street, Strand, and may be had of every Bookseller through out the Kingdom. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. THE ROCHEFORT AND TOULON SQL - IDRONS. The Centurion, which has arrived at Plymouth from Gib raltar, and the Statira, the frigate that brought Mr. Rose, declare that the RochefOrt squadron did in fact go to Tou lon. The Apollo frigate, on the 12th of February, saw the united Squadrons of Rochefort and Toulon standing to‘v;;Als the Ineres Islands, in thick weather and a gale of wind. It was understood that they reached the Adriatic towards the end of February. Letters from Ce“oa, of the Bth instant, inform us, that the combined Squadrons of Toulon and Rochefort, under command of Admiral CANTIMAUME, were arcked in the Gulf of Naples, that the fleets were in the best condition, and that they had furnished the island of ('orfu with goods and ammunition. some accounts, however, state, that Admiral CANTUEAUME was at Corfu with one t-'quadron, and that another, which was off Tar:.nto, had captured some English ships. It is further stated, that the Russian ships at Tareuto had taken in provisions for several months ; that these, as well as the ships of war at Venice, had been ordered to sail ; and that it was expected au attempt would shortly he made against Sicik. One Dutch Paper says, that the combined squadrons of Rochefort and Brest (for which latter place Toulon is pro bably to be understood) fell in with Lord COLLING WOODS Beet near Genoa, but not being strong enough to give battle, put into St. Pietro d'Arena, where they were im me,liately blockaded by the English. Pietro d'Arena, we believe, is an unprotected harbour in the Gulph of Cenoa. If the fleets have really put into this port, Lord CULLING WOOD has probably attacked them ; and in this case we can entertain little doubt of a glorious result. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. MAY /‘ The Captain of the Diana, which is just arrived at a month, states, that in his passage he encountered a ve s ,, from Rochefort, which declared a rumour to be curry; A that place ()fan action having taken place near the :•tre between the British and French fleets, in which the had one line-of-battle ship blown up, two sunk, i t taken. 'We have at this late period no means of asec:tf, ing the truth of this statement ; we mention it k:t as report. FRENCII EXPEDITION TO INDIA. Itamburgh Papers to the 13th instant have ar:.• ,!; and one article, iu a Paper of the 9th, is certainly inf .fest. u►;, if it be true. It asserts that IioNA PARTE has obtaioed the consent of the Porte for the passage of French troop through its territory to Persia, in order to the invasion ►,f India by land. The intell►gence is contained in these words : " VIENNA, MA RC II 30.—The Porte has permitted the march of French troops through its territory towards Persia. Oo the Gth and 7th instant t great Divan was holden, in which the pi ()position of the Emperor of the French, for marching a corps of troops through the Turkish dominions into Persia, was ilk cussed, and filially acceded to by the (iovernment." The news was brought to Vienna by an extraordinary Courier. The experience that wc have had of BoNArARTE'S en terprising spirit, shonhl make us slow to assert that any measure is unlikely to be affected by him, merely because it appears to be difficult. But the astacles to such a pro ject as the invasion of India by land appear to be so strong and so numerous, that. we are inclined to believe that he h;:s either contrived this agreement with the Porte, in order to get a good opportunity of filling Turkey with French troops, or that the proposal for an invasion of India. like die proposal for the invasion of Eng!and, is one of those 'magnificent impostures, which he holds out without the ,mallest intention of ever executing them, for the sake of alarming those among his enemies whose interests might be affected by the operation, and of keeping alive the at tention of his own subjects, by that perpetual promise and prospect of progression which is so necessary for the restless spirits of the French soldiers. REPORT OF THE DEATH OF THE EMPEROR OF ItL''lA. Accounts have just been received in town from Edin burgh, of the h inst. announcing the arrival of his la jesty's sloop Snake, from Gottenburgii, with intelligence that, on the 20:h instant, reports were current at Cotten burgh of the death of the Emperor of Hustos, who was stated to have fallen by the hands of his own subjects. The accounts indeed from Cottenburgh of the t2'2d and 234. i instant are silent respecting such an el ent ; but letters vvere received in town on Friday, which contain some in direct allusions to some uncommon transactions in the Rus sian capital. One of these letters, front St. Petersburgli, has this remarkable expression : " Drecufful work is going on lu.7e;" but perhaps this phrase may apply to commer cial difficulties only. If any belief may be attached . to such a report, it should seem that favourable results may be expected for England. We are at a loss to conceive how any • revolution should have arisen in Russia, and terminated in the slaughter of ALEXANDER, uu!css it were a revolution against Freuch A EEC r- »~.