The Sun. — 1844-10-09 (London, England)

MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.—Last week two persons, walking through. the pleasure-grounds of Methven Castle, on the romantic banks of the Almond, came to a spot opposite Cromwell-park, where the banks rise precipitous to considerably above 100 feet. The pers.,n who was guiding them pointed out a very steep place, down which some years ago a party of poachers made their escape from the keepers by plunging down the precipice. After viewing the place very attentively, one of the strangers exclaimed, " Well, I would rather have been taken than run the risk of such a fearful leap." lie had no sooner spoken, than the batik on which he was standing, being loosened by the late rains, gave way, and he was precipitated along with it into the river. His. friend, along with the guide, ran to another part of the hank, dsseended to the river, and hurried to the spot, expecting to find only a mangled corpse, but to their surprise found him just extricated from the mass of earth which had accompanied him in his fall, and only slightly bruised, notwithstanding his rapid and perilous descent.  —Perth Courier. DISCOVERY OP Tlig BODY OP THE LATE Ma. Matertst, VB SLIGo.—The ie,d; gentleman, whose death we noticed iof this lamented n ,*.!.ie public journals about two months since, was washed asin;re on Sunday last at Mullaghderg, five miles from Dungloe', in the county Donegal, and about forty by sea tram the place where he lost his life. An inquiry was instituted by Mr. Foster and Mr. Russell, magistrates, respecting the finding ef the corpse, and from the address with which Mr. Foster conducted the investigation, he discovered that the individual by whom it was first drawn out of the water had secretly taken possession of the unfortunate gentleman's watch, which he then gave up. The body was a good deal mutilated. The eyes were out, and the ears eaten while in the water. The remains were put in a shell, and after prayers had been read over them, they were lightly covered with earth in the church-yard at Dungloe ; but it was expected they would be disinterred and conveyed to Sligo for burial, and for the purpose of having a Coroner's inquest held upon them. We understand that a suspicion exists of Mr. Martin's having been murdered, and that two men are under arrest, who are charged with the murder.—Londonderry Sentinel. Tun FIEND or Till Tazz.—Tsang-hoyuen, while at Kwantung, saw a man with a light wooden collar round his neok. His curiosity being excited, he questioned the man as to his reasons for wearing the collar. On his repeated solicitations the man related the follow. ing extraordinary circumstances :—" Some years ago my brother and I set out on horseback in search of adventures. At the foot of a high mountain, a little man with a white beard, not more than three cubits high, and with a turban on his head, came out and stood before us, bowing his head to the ground. My brother asked him who he was, and what he wanted ; but he replied, "Nothing." He now began to breathe on the horses, which started back with terror, and kept snorting and prancing, but would not move from the place. My brother, enraged at this, bent bis bow and' shot an arrow at the old man, who immediately fled, pursued by my brother, who not returning for some time, I went W search for him ; I soon discovered his lifeless body lying under a tree, his neck grown to a gigantic size. Horrified at this dreadful sight, I turned away from the place, but was stopped by the old man, who came out of the tree, and began to breathe on me. My neck immediately began to fall to pieces, and I was obliged to clasp it with my hands till I arrived home, when I had this collar with iron bands made, w I never can remove lest my neck fall to pieces." I havw since discovered that this old man was the fiend of the tree, whose breath is deadly poison. —From Captain Piddinq's Chinese Olio a fid Teo. Toth, No. 22.