The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-11 00:00:00

for His mighty acts: praise Him according to His ex-
cellent greatness. Praise Him with the sound of the
trumpet: praise Him with the psaltry and harp. Praise
Him with the timbrel and dance: praise Him with
stringed instruments and• organs. Praise Him upon the
loud cymbals: praise Him upon the high-sounding cy:n-
bals. Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord.
Praise ye the Lord."

BURIED ALIVE —FATAL ACCI-
DENT AT THE WORKHOUSE CEMETARY.
(From the Liverpool Mercury of yesterday.)
Yesterday morning it was very generally reported
that an accident, which had proved fatal to the lives of
several individuals, had occurred at St. Mary's burial-
ground, better known as the Workhouse Cemetery,
situated in Cambridge-street. The facts of the ease do
not warrant any such exaggeration, but we regret to
say that one man has lost his life. It appears that two
men, inmates of the workhouse, named James Kay and
John Platt, were engaged in forming a grave at the
above cemetery. In consequence of the rain which fell
en Sunday and Monday, the ground was in a very wet
and slippery state, so much so, that the joists or beams
for the purpose of supporting the earth on each side bad
become loosened. One of the men named James Kay,
about 55 years of age, descended for the purpose of
tightening them by means of screws ; he was repeatedly
cautioned by his companion on the top to take care that
they did not give way, Shortly afterwards, or about
twenty minutes past nine, and while the unfortunate man
was on the ladder for the purpose of ascending, the beams,
stays, earth, &c., suddenly fell in, completely burying the
poor fellow underneath, and exposing to view a quantity of
coffins, bones, &c., on each side to the depth of several
feet. John Platt very narrowly escaped the same fate,
fortunately clinging to the top of a doer placed at one of
the sides. Means were instantly resorted to for the
purpose of rescuing the unfortunate man ; but it wasnot until half-past twelve o'clock that they succeeded in
reaching him, when he was found in the same position
as he had fallen, clinging to the ladder. It is almost
needless to say he was quite dead. The body was re-
moved to the workhouse, and an inquest will be held
upon it to-morrow The grave was about twenty-one
feet deep, almost ready for filling, and, when full, would
have contained sixty bodies, the coffins being placed side
by side The unfortunate man who has thus prema-
turely been deprived of life was, we are informed,
native of Tarbock, in Cheshire, and very quiet, harmless,
and industrious. He was well known to many con-
nected with the timber trade, having been employed fer
a number of years as a carter in this town. He had
only been an inmate of the workhouse for three months,
having immediately previous been employed at the St.
Martin's Cemetery. The disgraceful manner in which
the dead are huddled together in this cemetery calls
loudly for some legislative interference, to prevent such
improper practices being continued in large towns. The
effluvium arising from the opened graves was quite an-
noying. Surely it cannot be generally known that
sixty bodies are " cribbed, cabin'd, and confined" in one
grave, about 7 feet by 4, and some 24 feet deep, neces-
sarily creating disease, poisoning the atmosphere, and
sickening all who may go near.