The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-15 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

WHITERAVEN ELECTION.

This borough, which was created by the Reform
Bfll of IB3R, te • proof of the failure of that measure to secure
what Lord Grey termed its great object—namely, "To
destroy the practice of election by nomination.' As soon ea
the political existence of the borough began, the Earl of
Lonadale determined to make it a close borough. An ineffec-
tual attempt was made at the first election to oppose " the
(74ale candidate," but Haat attempt having failed, no one ham
mince attempted to disturb the Bari in hie possession of the
borough repramWlon. The death of Mr. Hildyard,
make. the form of an election , and the hao called
forth some latent signs of political life. he town is placarded
with an addles* inviting the electors to declare their attach-
ment to the cause of freedom of election—the right of every
man to vote according to his conscience—by sending • requi-
sition to their townsman, William Nicholson, Esq., who first
planted the ballot in the British dominions, to come forward
and canvass the borough. Mr. Nicholson is, we believe, •
native of Whitehaveu, and en-premier of the colony of
Victoria, in which colony he introduced a measure establish-
ing vote by ballot at elections for the colonial parliament.

ANOTTIER NEW TERRITORT.—Among the pawn-
ggwn by the Northern Light, yesterday, was James M. Crane,
Reek of California, who is on his way to Washington as
the Wive of the people of the Great Basin, or Car-
om
ValMy, who are desirous of having the portion of
Utah lying nee the boundary of Californis, erected Into a
new territory. separate from the Mormon dominion. The
propound territory embraces all the region lying between the
Sierra Nevsda on the west, the Goose Creek moo of Moun-
tains on the mat, Oregon and Utah on the north, and the
Colorado on the south. The white inhabitants of this
mense and fertile tract number about eight thousand, while
the Indiana rf the ration. tribes which Inhabit it exceed •
hundred thousand. The Indians are represented as not un-
friendly to the whites, or " American. • aa they ere absurdly
called, nor unfavoursble to s new territory. The Oreat
Basin possess. lament,e mineral rmouress, shout:Ming
in gold. silver, and copper. while the valts are
extremely fertile. The people there era living in
• perfectly unorganised state, without any form of
government whatever, and subject to no oonstitated
authority. The Mormons cannot exercise any control over
them, for they will not pay tithe, to the &iota; California
cannot give them say aid, as they do not come within the
JuriMietion of the Mate, sad they Sr. too far removed from
both Oregon end New Mexico to have any connexion with
the governments of those territories. As Mr. Crane goes to
Wsshingion to meant the claims of the Great Bashi to
the retention of the government, we pregame there will be
ao obstacles in the way to prevent the district from being
ended into a eeparate territory at the =me time with the
DOW territory of Arizona. One of the notion difficulties
which the people of the proposed new territory labour under,
M that they have not yet been able to Invent • name ibr
themeelves. The only, or principal, town In the country is
called Genoa, and they have proposed calling the territory
Columbus, in complimeat to the discover of the New
World; but they will do batter to dad a name of local
• ign alcove. h'ese York liner.
THE ROMAN CATHOLTCE OF ILLINOts.—The
Chießee rrilnroo publish°. a letter from throe hundred Re.
mu catholic coramunicanta of the parish of St. Ann,
▪ sddremed to two priees to K ankakee Comity, denounc-
ing them for eocepting bribes from Canadian bishops to
M"4 m Astor spinet the m and the people of St. Ann's.
rfuneument is remarkably plain-apokee, mad the laity are
not rhary of epithets towards Rev. Mews. Milieux and
Lapointe, the pestle. addressed. The ()occlusion is
Meetly severe " All will be glad to see in your stead,
priests who will poach the Ooepel of Jeans Christ. instead
of 'owing scandals, hatred, and contempt of their brethren.
Retort to Canada; go tell those priests and bishops. of
Canada to attend to their own Mishima. and leave us to regu-
late our affsire ea we please. Go tell those bishops
end these pelmets of Canada that, if they have
enough money to send thousands of dollars to nuke
um quarrel with ear& other. and to rain nu, to erase to
collect sewlously those tithes which are crushing our
parents. Tea, tell those bishops end priests of Canada that
they have enough of somatal and diword at their own doors,
ont corning hare to distribute thousands of dollars to
meats NMI dimmed sod scandal to Illinois. Tell them, like-
wise, that these Hotrods of dollars which they have
offered to midi' akinspiona Lomat, would be much better
wingra &lo food sad raiment to the poor who knock
at doom std- go awarnaked and hungry. Go tell
Hose bishops el Carla that we Won with horror and
seem the heiptane tad ahead &MMus ' that then en owe
ea ark whoa we sweet obey in ell things and ••••Twiton:
wail, when will and word mutt be Wand.
• le to Maeda, sad tell those bishops that you sought
for • Joao la at. Ann, Illinois, sad that you could not And
ow"

SPORTING.

TATTERSALL'S—MoIInaY.
The fulowfse were the tidy bob lald
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
6 to 1 opt Kr. Howard's Clydesdale
100 to 16 Kr. Hawke's Brother to Marchioness.
9to 1 Kr. J. Merry's Lord of Lorn
10 to 1 Lad Rlbblesdale's the Happy Laud
SAUN7IIIIII.—Kr. illoaDD has sold this horse to Mr. J.
Kerry, Err 2,100 sabre,.