The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-09 00:00:00

THE SUFFRAGE.

Mr. S. CRAWFORD gave notice that, on Thursday,
the 21st April, he would call the attention of the House
to.varions petitions of the people praying for extension
of the suffrage, mid for ether amendments of the repte-
sentatite system, as stated in these petitions, and to move
the House to take the same into immediate consideration.
ROMAN CATHOLIC SOLDIERS IN INDIA.

Mr. O'CONNELL begged leave to ask the Right Hon.
larouet, the Secretary at War, whether it was the in-
-I,ntion of the Government to provide for the spiritual
wants and religious instruction of the Roman Catholic
soldiers now on their passage to India ?
Sir H. HARDINGE gave an answer which was almost

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inaudible, but .he was unaerstood to say that from papers
brought forward by Lord Ashley, in 1839, it would be
seen that there were already seventeen Roman Catholic-
chaplains in. Bengal.
DEFEAT 01? THE BRITISH TROOPS IN
AFFGHANISTAN.

Mr. EASTCOTT begged tO- ask the Right Hon.
Baronet at the head of the Government, whether he in-
tended to make any statement to the House as to the
t.auses of the war in Affghanistam ; and farther, whether
the Right Hon. Baronet would bring forward any facts,
In enable the House to form a judgment on the justice
and policy of that war ?
Sir ROBERT PEEL said that several extracts from
official documents respecting the war in Affghanistan
were laid before the House some time since. Those ex-
. tracts conveyed all the information which it was at that
time expedient to furnish. As to the late events, the
iovernment had no better information than the melan-

chuly, statement already laid before the public.
As to the causes of the late enormous Josses,
3..1d the peculiar motives and circumstances actuating
those in command, the Government had but very imper-
feet knowledge, and were as yet informed principally
t..rough private goni•ces.
PESTILENTIAL BURIAL HOUSES.

Cut. FOX stated, that he and- other Members of the,
Committee for the improvement of Towns, had
latelyreeeived a statement affirming that in a Build-
ing • called Enon Chapel, in the midst of a
t.,ensely populated district of the metropolis, not less
than 12,000 bodies had been interred since 1823
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or 1824, in a superfices nut so large as that
'louse. It was suspected, indeed, that very many of
:Ose bodies had been made away with in other ways.
The flooring of this vault consisted merely planks laid
to•gther without bricks or mortar, or any other kind of
protection' to those walking on the floor. from the
eluvium arising from the bodies below. He under-
itootl ,that it was intended to open the upper
hurt' of which these planks were the floor for a school for
ii.oman Catholic children on Monday next. He begged
]cave to askwhether the Right Hon. Baronet, the Se-
cretary for the Home Department, was aware of those
f.cts, and N;iliether he had taken any steps to prevent
those proceedings ?
S r J. GRAHASI. said, the matter was
.under the con-
sideration of a Committee of the House, with a view of

..:Mitng a legislative measure on the subject. As to the.
Point • to which the Hon. Member had directed his
:Lttention the selection of the chapel the Hon. Mem-
ber ..hand referred to as a place of education for
children, be -did not know how he could interpose his
authority. • lie was afraid that lie had no direct power
ti.vint;rtere.