Star.
London, England, 1828-03-18 00:00:00

THE AItMY.

A Detachment of the sth Fout arrived in town yesterday morn-
ing from Chatham, for Bristol, no route to Dwain.
A Detachment of the Srld Infantry arrived in ttawn yesterday
morning from Chatham, on route to lirecon.
A Detachment of the 27th li-gintent of Font arrive.l in town
yesterday morning from Chtthani, on route to .ler•ey.
A Detachment of the 35.1 !oratory arrived to town yesterday
morning front Chatham for Brisoi', ou ri•nte to Bier.
A Detachment of the 12th Foot arrived in town yesterday
morning from Chatham, for Bristol, on route to
A Detachment of the 51st Infantry arrived in town yesterday
morning from Chatham, on -oure to Portsmouth.
A Detachment ut the 50th Foot arrived in town yesterday
morning front Chatham, on route t•i Windsor.
A Detachment of thr .754 Infantry arrived in town yesterday
mo g from Chatham., for Bristol, on route to Buttevmt.
A Derachintin of the Slat Foot arrived iu town yesterday
morning from Chatham, on route to Guernsey.
A Detachment ut the 94th lntai.try arrived io town yesterday
moron% front Chatham, un route to Plymouth.
A Detachment of the 99th Foot arrived in town yesterday
morning front Chatham, fur Bristol, on route to Yough:4ll. -
A Detachment of the 91st Infantry arrved in town yesterday
morning front Chatham, for Bristol, on route to Newry.
The 7th Regiment of Queen's Own Hussars arrived in town on
Sunday, from Brighton. On Nlimilay morning they proceeded
towards Liverpool, to embark for Dublin, where they will he
stationed.

The 6th Dragoons, quartered at Sheffield, have left that place
.for Ipswich; they will be replacvd by a squadron of the Car-
hinters from Manchester.
Ylru)lat:Ry CAVALRY—The Earl of ()FROM has received a letter
front Mr. PIM, the Secretary for the home Department, giving
hic entire approbation of his Majesty's Government to the union
of the Furness, Wigan, and Hulzoti Troops of Yeomanry Cavalry,
fur the f.rmation of a County Corps, to be commanded by Co-
llage' J.IRAUDYI.I., of Cuniahead Priory.

THE LATE LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR ALAN
CA. IERO N, K. C. B.
COLONI:L OF THIC 79TN, OK Ca MKKON Ilwittanorns.
Among Ole Intl“ary net tales lidve .ti,u wished
thent4elves during the last half century, perhaps few individuals
have equalled the late Sir Alan Cameron in bravery anti energetic
zeal. By birth a Highlander—in heart and soul a true one—in
from anti frame the bold and manly mountaineer—he early acquired
cowideralde influence in.his native glens.
Ardent and persevering in whatever he undertook, when the
American war began he devoted himself entlits-iastically in his
country's cause. Unlottunately, however, when on detached service,
he was taken prisoner of war, and immured 'indict iirely, for nearly
two years, in the common gaol of Philadelphia, under the plea that
he had been engaged in exciting the native tribes in favour of Great
Britain. In attempting to escape from a confinement so much at
variance with the usages of war, Sir Alan had both his andel' broke
and shattered, and he never perfectly recovered front the painful
effects of those injuries.
Sir Alan was subsequently placed upon half•pay, as a provincial
officer.

Roused by th, alums and danger,: of 1793, Sir Alan Cameron,
principally by his personal influence over the minds of Highlanders,
in little more than three months patriotically raised the 79th, or
Cameron Highlanders.
In accomplishing this, no burden was thrown upon the public.
Sir Alan Cameron defrayed the whole expense out of his own pri-
♦ate funds; no bounty money whatever having been drawn from
Government. His officers also were taken front the half-pay list,
our was any promotion upon that occasion allowed.
In August. 1793, Sir Alan was appointed Major-Commandant
of this his clan regiment; and in January, 1794, Lieut.-Calonel
Commandant of the same. At the head of his regiment, during
the Litter year, be joined the army in the Netherlands, under the
Lite Duke of York.
In 1795 Sir Alan proceeded to the West Indies, then powerfully
menaced. Very severe losses were there sustained by his regiment,
and the brave soldier bad the mortification of seeing the remnant of
his corps shaughted chiefly into the 42d Regiment. Sir Alan
therefore returned borne. Su sensible, however, was his late reoyal
Highness of the value of his services, that he was immediately com-
missioned to raise the Cameron Highlanders anew, which, by un-
ceasing exertion, and considerable pecuniary sacrifices, he proudly
accomplished in little more than six months, notwithstanding the
advanced period of the war. •
In 1799 Sir Alan again served with his regiment on the Conti-
nent, under his Royal Highness the Duke of York, whom be ever
proudly considered as his best benefactor.
In the battle of Bergen-op Zoom, Sir Alan was twice severely
wounded.
In 1800 Sir Alan Cameron served in the expeditions to Ferrol,
Cadiz, &.c. ; and, in 1801, at the bead of his brave men, he shared
the dangers anal glories of Alexandtia, and endured the hardships
and perils of the Egyptian campaign.
In 1804 Sir Alan and the officers of his • regiment, In the course
of only a few months, and solely by recruiting, raised a strong 2.1
battalion of 800 rank and file, for general service. lie was re-
warded, in consequence, with the rank of Colonel, on the Ist of
Januat y, 1805.
In the descent upon Zealand, Sir Alan, by order of Lord Cath-
cut, took military possessiun of Copenhagen, at the head of the
flank companies of the army.
In 1808, Sir Alan accunipatiied his gallant countryman, Sir John
Moore, as Brigadier General, on the expedition to Sweden ; and in
10118, to the Peninsula. Advancing from Portugal with reinforce-
ments, he was placed in a most critical situation by the sudden and
unexpected retreat to Corinna ; nevertheless, he succeeded, under-
going great fatigue and enduring great privation, in marching his
Pace, which bad been considerably augmented on its route by con-
valescents and stragglers, in safety to Lisbon. This very farce is
generally consideted very materially to have assisted the Duke of
Wellington in the successful attack which his Grace soon afterwards
made upon Sault, at Oporto.
At the battle of Talavera, Sir Alan had two horses shot under
him, when he took post by the colours of one of the regiments of
his brigade; and throughout that arduous and eventful day never,
indeed, were energy and gallantry mutt. conspicuously and effec-
tively displayed.
The action at Bunco war the last In which Sir Alan Cameron
was engaged. He commanded a brigade, in which his own regi-
mem, present with him, bore also a part : extreme ill health theta
compelled him to retire from the active service of his country for
ever.

Oo the 25th of July, 1810, Sir Alan was appointed a Major-
General; after the peace, a K.C. H.; and on the 12th of August,
1819, be was made a Lieutenant- General.
A great sufferer in body front severe irfirmities. contracted by
continued exposures and fatigues on service, Sir Alan nevertheless
lived to an advanced age. But he was doomed to see his family
drop around him—his youngest son, *lieu his Aide-de camp, early
in the Peninsula campaign, from privations and fatigues—lns eldest,
when gallantly leading on thin immediate advance of the British
army at Fuentes d'Onor—his nephew and his orphan &random,
both of whom perished from the baneful affects lit West India.'
service; the former was he who, holding °lily the rank of Lieute-
nant, bravely led on the Cameron ilighianders at the battle rt
Waterloo, when all his Superior officers had been either kited or
wounded. Of bis own immediate male kindred; Sir Mal has left
only one son, Lieutenant-Colonel Cameron, who, until the close 04
the war, when the corps was d.shanded, commanded the td batta-
lion of the Cameron Highland rs, and woo tutiowed to the grave
the worn-out remains of Ws Niel and vet.-raft prem.