The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-09 00:00:00

According to the German journals the news of
the signature of the treaty of peace has been coldly received
in the Duchies, owing to the fact that the populations are
dissatisfied with the evident indisposition of the Great Ger-
man Powers, especially Prussia, to solve the question of
succession in conformity with the national wish. The in-
habitants of the Duchies are still uneasy on account of the
annexionist tendencies of the Prussian feudal party, and
they think, it is said, that the best means of putting a term
to these projects would be to proclaim the Prince of Augus-
tenburg the only candidate recognised by them.
BOAR HIINTING.—The Phare de la Loire gives
an account of a singular boar hunt which took place
on Monday last, off Pornichet (Lire—lnferieure). As MM.
Masselin and Dubas, opticians, from Nantes, were gather.
ing oysters from the rocks near Pornichet, their atten-
tion was attracted by the shouts of some women and
children who were picking up shellfish on the beach, and
on looking round they saw a large wild boar running
across the sands towards a range of black rocks, which it
seemed to take for bushes. The animal plunged into
the water and swam to the rocks, where it was seen to
lay down to rest. The two gentlemen, who happened to
have guns loaded with shot for waterfowl, hastened to
Pornichet, and put off in a boat with four other persons
to chase the boar. On reaching the rocks they found
that the rising tide had compelled the animal to leave ; but
after rowing about for nearly an hour, they saw the boar
swimmikg towards the shore. They soon overtook, and M.
Dubas killed it with two shots fired at a distance of about
10 paces.

DEAN SWIFT AND THE ALMANAC MAKER.—One
John Partridge published a prophetic almanac, which had
a large sale. It was not perhaps more absurdly audacious
than our modern Francis Moore and Zadkiel's publications.
It so stirred Swift's bile that he sent a letter to the papers,
subscribed Isaac Biokerstaff, the Modern Merlin, in which
he foretold the death of Partridge, naming the day and
hour when that sad event would take place. Poor Par-
tridge was terribly annoyed : the prediction seemed likely,
as sometimes happens, to fulfil itself. He however sur
vived the day upon which Isaac Bickerstaff, as interpreter
of the stars, had foretold that ho would die. , He announced
that important fact in the belief that it would put his per.
secutor to shame. Not at all ; far from that. The cnly no-
tice taken by Swift of the almanac maker's assertion that he
was alive and well was the publication of a monody on his
death. The assertion of his being alive was coolly ignored.
Vainly did the persecuted Part/ idge write again to the news-
papers, " Blessed be God, John Partridge is still living and in
health, and they are knaves who report otherwise." Strange
to say, the Stationers' Company believed Isaac Bickerstaff,
and prohibited the publication of Partridge's almanac—for
as much as that person was defunct. In his extremity Par-
tridge engaged the facile pen of Dr Yalden, who wrote a
pamphlet which set forth the pros and cons of the argument,
very elaborately summing up the case by:a hesitating opinion
that John Partridge was still in his flesh. The doctor was a
wag and a friend of Swift's. John Partridge was never able
to successfully prove his own identity, and at last he ap-
pears to have been himself somewhat doubtful of it.--;-.Rus-
sell's .Eccentric Personages.