The Express.
London, England, 1855-05-05 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADMIRALTY, MAY 4.—PROMOTION.-..Commander
E. Herrick (1819), promoted to the rank of captain.
APPOlXlMiNTS.—Lieutenant H. W. Wilberforce (1834),
to the Hawke, 60, shrew steam ship, at Sheerness.
Acting Second Master W. Montgomery, to the Malacca,
17, steam sloop, of 200-horse power, for particular service.
Midshipmen T. M. Kelsall, to tho Itoyal Albert, 121,
s.rew Warn ship, of 500 horse power, Mediterraneat,
station; and J. 0. F. Lescock, to the Centavo, 6, paddle-
wheel steam frigate, of 640-horse power, at Porbmouth.

EMBARKATION OF REINFORCEMENTS.
PORTSMOUTH, MAT 4.
One thousand men of various regiments of foot,
exclusive of officers, embarked on board the tailing tran-
sport West Tasmania, this afternoon, for the Crimea. She
will sail to-morrow. The men were armed with the
common musket, but are to be supplied with the rifle on
arriving out.
The Lancashire Witch, sailing transport, will embark
cavalry for the Crimea to-morrow.
The Malacca, 17, screw sloop, Captain Farquhar, went
oat of harbour today, and anchored at Spithead.
The flag of Rear-Admiral Baynes was hoisted on board
the Retribution, 28, paddle frigate, tonight.

Instructions were received yesterday at Southarnp-
toe for the 10th battalion of Artillery, now at Woolwich,
consisting of 221 men and 221 hones, to embark from that
port on Monday next for the Crimea, on board the royal
mail steamer Medway.

RETURN OF FOUR OF THE GUN BOATS, AND
REPORTED LOSS OF THE GUNBOAT DAPPER.

SHEERNESS, MAr 4
The Pylades and Volcano, which left here on the 3rd
instant, with the gun-boats Redwing, Thistle, Starling,
Dapper, and Badger, were obliged, in consequence of the
gale of wind which came on suddenly in the evening, to
cut off the gan•boata sad all anchored under the Gan-
flat, between le and ll p.m. John Barnett, muter of
the smack Concord, of Colchester, then riding veer the
Handset, had his ettentioa called to a number of rockets
that were sent up in a soath-east direction from his vessel,
apparently from some vessel in distress in the Blackdeeps;
shortly alter five guns were fired from the same vessel ;
both the Kentish Knock and the Sunk Light vessels con-
tinued, at intervals during the night, to fire rockets and
burn blue lights. At midnight the muter of the Concord
slipped from his anchor and seventy fathoms of chain (the
sea being too heavy to get it), for the purpose of going into
the Blackdeepe to ascertain what vessel it was, and to ten-
der assistance to her. Whilst under way she passed two
large steamers, the Pylades and the Volcano, also two gun-
boats, then riding very heavy under the Cituifieet.

The gas boat Redwing wee then under steam proceeding
up from the Sunk Light TOSSII, steering for the Gunflint
Light ; the Redwing spoke the Pylades, and obtained leave
to proceed to Sheerness, having last both bower anchor§ ;
when Barnett was engaged to act as a pilot to Sheerness, he
boarded the Redwing about four miles above the Gustiest,
I and piloted her in here, arriving at about 9.30 am. The
Badger spoke the Dapper, the latter then being on shore
with the sea making a fair breach over her, the weather at
the time preventing the Badger rendering any assistance to
the Dapper. The officer in command of the Dapper said
she was hard and fast on shore, striking heavy. It appears
that the Volcano, whilst towing, by some unaccountable
occurrence at present unexplained, she fouled with several '
of the gen boats, by driving athwart their hawse, and did
damage to each of them. The Redwing, to prevent damage,
eat her towing hawser and cleared. There appears some
uncertainty where the Dapper was on dome ; from the best
information that can be obtained she was, no doubt, on the
West ROW. The Pylades and Volcano remain riding
near the Gualleet.

ANNUAL MEETING Or THE GRADUATES Or THE
Thrivnierrr or LONDON.—On Tuesday evening, the gra.
dust's of the University of London held their tonsil meet-
ing at the Freemasons'-tavern. Dr. Birkbeck Nevins, of
Liverpool, is the chair. The report of the committee
expressed their satisfaction at the palming of the set pre-
pared ander their auspices fee plae the 'medical graduates
of the University of London on a of equality with
those of Oxford and Cambridge in newt el the right to
physic, which received the Boyd ameatim August
rarsatelte committee regretted they had met emeaseded in or
meaplisking the internal Whom of the Uaimmity, but ex-
pressed • resolve to use ems/ tact W ppaswws ihrward the
claims of the graduates, either la paYaasat, Sr et the
Hosne-oMos,as circumstances might Mamie in the present
position of public affairs. Regret win aloe expressed that
the moats had thought r roper to suspend the confining of
degrees in public, whereby the university wo, be de-
prived of its only publisaremeolaL The committee again
repeated their urgent miquothit amistaace mad pecuniary
support. Resolutions based non the report were moved
by Professor Patti., Ur. T. Oda, Dr. Stoner. Dr. Stocker,
Dr. Carr, Mr. Fowler, Mr. WM", and Mr. Baines. The
prom/Mingo then closed, with a vote of thanks to the chair-
WAIL

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