The Express.
London, England, 1855-05-15 00:00:00

THE ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL.

MR. RORBUCK'd COMIILITTBIL
Yesterday, the Wight Hoe. Str James Graham,
First Lard of the Admiralty, was examined. Be stated that
he held that positim on the breaking oat of the war, and
described the relations that subsisted between biosself,as First
Logd,aed the Misuser for War. All the details of the
saga enviee wen transacted by the Board of Admiralty,
without refereace to any other deportment ; bat when it
was the Qatava'a pleasure that any particular nittaelneat of
the diet should be made, it was communicated to the board

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colielidly by the Secretary of State. The First Lord sate at
the baud is • se-ordinate 'member, and as an integral part
of it, and had no power anon from the board itself.. Prac-
tically, he toned that there was no division of opinion
at the hard, but that the members ezercised
towards one another the greatest firmness and forboarattee.
Whea the war broke out reqni.itions tame is to the
Admiralty from seven different quarters for ammenition and
stem, without any previoas notice, and Sadist( that great
ilassoavraiscee accrued from this, be rec. amended teat it
would be better it these varioas requisitions were referred
is one common centre, and he suggested to the Secretary at
War that day by day they should he fisted and approved
by him, and gives to the heinous of the Transport Board,
and that be should give his opinions)* them and curry them
tato offset. tie (Sir J. Ora am) was of opinion tbet the
istroduction and adoption of such a system would be pro-
ductive of promptitude and order. The drat approach
towards this system of aasowatvauon wee the placing of the
eammtimariat ands? the Secretary it War in N svember,
end Morriss the requisitiaas of the medical board to the
same department. its held the Fist Lord of the Admiralty
to be reepsaOhle for everything in his department.
When the espeditioe first started the kimirsity had three '
iron steam ships. capable of tarrying 2,000 men, available
ter the isouveyaaos of troops, sad when the treasport re-
quirements iocreased, edvertianarsts were lamed for public
readers far transports, and it was determused to use mem
rionveyanca as largely as possible, though it was:tenni then
the supply of steam was limited, anti that sailing me&
inlaid have to be used, and it was resolved to have s Mae
tinsel flow of both Mans and Wittig tratiaport+ from Mr
country to the seat of war. The naval commaadovelerelief
Was responsible fur the transport DOT VOSS is the Mit Set
sad &siphons', cad most wisely were they an Ouse mew
his, together with the oombiood military and meal WNW
flocs to be concerted on sad settled between kite and the
esimmander-ia chief of the army. Admiral B tier Vie
specially comsalealosed by the Admiralty is low
intend the traasport weeks' within the Dees
sad the &aphorise. He (Sir J. Getarehe)
Admiral Bolter on the reeesameadaties he boil ama trr
'sive& Tres Sir Thomas Hardy, who elfalleiltSei his as
eae of the best somen who bad steed wader fire at Sas-
maws, sad who, having steed as harbearioaster at Clashes,
7=risilaliarted with the recesses of usbatkatioa sad
eltfoop madam ilizisme Graben an