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CLIFFORD—CLOWES—CLUBLEY—CLYDE. 15 wounded, of La Vénus of 44 guns and 380 men, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Hamelin, and of the 32, her prize; and he further served on shore at the reduction of Isle Bourbon and of the Isle of France. On 5 Dec. 1810, Mr. Clifford become Acting Flag-Lieutenant, in the, to Vice-Admiral Bertie. Obtaining his official promotion 22 April, 1811, he was afterwards, between June, 1812, and Oct. 1817, appointed, on the East India station, to the acting-command for a brief period of the 18, and, next, to the  32, Capt. Barrington Reynolds,  and  74’s, flagships of Sir Sam. Hood, 38, Capt. Hon. Edw. Rodney, and 16, and  10, both commanded by Capt. Basil Hall. He has been an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard since 11 Oct. 1823.

Lieut. Clifford, who, when on board the, accompanied Lord Amherst’s embassy to China in 1816-17, compiled on that occasion a vocabulary of the language of the Great Loo-choo Island, which may be found in Capt. Basil Hall’s ‘Voyage of Discovery to the Western Coast of Corea and the Great Loo-choo Island, in the Japan Sea,’ &c.

 CLIFFORD. 

, born 12 Oct. 1814, is eldest son of

This officer entered the Navy, 24 Feb. 1829, on board the 46, commanded at first by his father, and afterwards, at the Cape of Good Hope, by Capt. Edw. Harvey. He next joined the 80, Capt. Alex. Ellice, guardship at Sheerness; was lent for some time to the yacht, Capt. Lord Adolphus FitzClarence; and, having passed his examination in 1835, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 7 May, 1838. His subsequent appointments, in the latter capacity, were – 5 June, 28 July, and 8 Oct. 1838, to the 104, flag-ship of Sir Robt. Stopford, 92, Capt. Hyde Parker, and  28, Capt. John Townshend, on the Mediterranean station; and, early in 1842, to the  yacht. Having been advanced to his present rank 7 March, 1842, in honour of her Majesty’s visit to Spithead, the subject of this sketch has, since 7 Sept. 1844, been in successive command of the 16, and  16, in the East Indies. He appears, on 19 Aug. 1845, while in the former sloop, to have in part commanded the boats of a squadron, carrying altogether 530 officers, seamen, and marines, at the destruction, under Capt. Chas. Talbot, of the piratical settlement of Malloodoo, on the north end of the island of Borneo, where the British encountered a desperate opposition, and sustained a loss of 6 men killed and 15 wounded.

 CLOWES. 

, born 30 June, 1787, at Wingham, co. Kent, is son of the late Surgeon Clowes, of Canterbury.

This officer entered the Navy, 17 June, 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 64, Capt. John Bazely, flag-ship in the Downs of Vice-Admiral Skeffington Lutwidge; removed for a brief period, in the early part of 1802, to the  38, Capt. Sam. Sutton; and, from 29 May, 1804, until Nov. 1807, served, as Midshipman, in the 38, Capt. Robt. Honyman. After experiencing several warm collisions with the Boulogne flotilla, he took part in the reduction, in Jan. 1806, of the Cape of Good Hope, was next present at the attacks on Maldonado and Monte Video, and on his return from a second visit to the Cape, whither he had been sent in charge of a prize, joined in the operations against Copenhagen. He subsequently served, in the Downs and Mediterranean, on board the 74, Capt. John Harvey, and  and  38’s, Capts. Jas. Dunbar and Jas. Alex. Gordon; passed his examination 5 April, 1809; commanded, as Master’s Mate of the 36, Capt. Henry Matson, a gun-boat in the ensuing expedition against Flushing; became, 6 Dec. 1809, Acting-Lieutenant of the  38, Capt. Edw. W. C. R. Owen; and, on 26 of the same month, was presented by the Admiralty with his first commission. Mr. Clowes’ next appointment was, in May, 1810, to the 36, Capt. Sir Thos. Staines, from which ship, after serving off St. Helena, and on the North American and Irish stations, he was promoted to the rank of Commander 23 March, 1812. We find him, until he invalided in Dec. 1814, next holding command of the and  sloops, in the Mediterranean, whither, in the former vessel, he escorted a convoy during the summer of 1812. He was afterwards, from 22 May, 1821, until posted, 16 May, 1823, actively employed in the 18, in the Levant, at a time when hostilities raged between the Turks and Greeks. Since the date last-mentioned Capt. Clowes has been on half-pay.

He is married, and has issue two daughters. – Case and Loudonsack.

 CLUBLEY. 

entered the Navy, 7 Feb. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 32, Capt. Wm. D’Urban, on the Mediterranean station, where he became, 15 Aug. following. Midshipman of the 54, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg, and continued to serve, until Dec. 1807, in the 10, Lieut.-Commander H. Shaw,  98, Capt. Fras. Pender, and 74, Capts. John Okes Hardy and John Giffard. While in the he assisted in cutting out, from the port of Reggio, 10 Dec. 1805, the Andromeda French privateer, of 4 guns and 43 men. From 26 March, 1808, until 26 March, 1811, we next find Mr. Clubley studying at the Royal Naval College; after which he returned to the Mediterranean, where, and latterly on the Home station, he appears, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 17 Feb. 1815, to have been successively employed in the 18, and  74, both commanded by Capt. Wm. Stewart, 38, Capt. Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegrave, 74, Capt. Rich. Hussey Moubray, 110, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King, 36, Capt. Wm. Mounsey, 22, Acting-Capt. Jones, 120, bearing the flag of Lord Exmouth,  38, Capt. Thos. Ussher, sloop, Capt. John Toup Nicolas,  10, Capt. Jonathan Christian,  64, Capt. Wilkinson,  74, Rear-Admiral Sir Chas. Rowley, and 74, Capt. John Bazely. On 29 April, 1812, he served in the boats of the Blossom, with those of the and, under Lieut. John Eagar, at the capture and destruction, near the mouth of the Rhone, of a national schooner of 4 guns and 74 men, and a convoy of 20 vessels. He assisted also, in the same sloop, at the reduction of two towers in the Bay of St. Mary’s. He co-operated, next, with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia, particularly at Tarragona; and, when in the, aided, as well as in other boat affairs, at the taking of a privateer and convoy close to Civita Vecchia, and was also present in the unsuccessful attack on Leghorn, and at the surrender of Genoa. Since 1815 Lieut. Clubley has been on half-pay.

 CLYDE. 

entered the Navy, 15 June, 1784, as A.B., on board the sloop, commanded, latterly, by Capt. Chas. Tyler, and employed for the suppression of smuggling in the Bristol Channel. He attained the rating of Midshipman 2 Dec. 1784, and, from July, 1786, until the breaking out of the French revolutionary war, continued to serve on the Home station, on borad the cutter, Lieut.-Commander Edmonstone,  and, ships of the line, Capt. Thos. Pringle, 24, Capt. John Aylmer,  100,