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 the American papers calculated to afford us so much gratification as the following, taken from the National Intelligencer of Mar. 23, 1825:–

Captain Clifford was put out of commission in May, 1825, at which period a paragraph to the following effect appeared in one of the London papers:–

On the 27th May, 1826, Captain Clifford was appointed to the Herald yacht, in which he attended upon the Duke of Devonshire, during that nobleman’s splendid embassy to Russia. The subjoined is a correct account of the magniftcent entertainment given by his Grace in honor of the coronation of his present Imperial Majesty:–

“Moscow, Sept. 11 (23), 1826. – Although three weeks have elapsed since the coronation, we are still in the midst of revelry and rejoicing, and fetes and balls follow one another in quick succession. There was one