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Show THEWAB. Danger of Belgian Neutrality being Violated. Queen Victoria and King William Wil-liam doing more for Napoleon Na-poleon than he is doing for himself The Strength cf Germany! Overestimated. The Feeling in England and Russia. Russians Clamoring for War. FOREIGN. Bj Cable. London, Aug. 24. We have a story f conflict near Noveart, nine miles rom Metz, on Monday, with the advantage ad-vantage to the French, hut I cannot ouch for it. Military opinion here is hat McMahoa and the Crown Prince ire eoinrr on parallel lines and maneu- ering for position; and that Bazaine s in communication with McMahon tnd maneuvering to combine with him n any attack on the Crown Prince. Vs to the recent battles, one fact tells ufficiontly their result the French aptured Prussian cannon at Longue-ille Longue-ille and Mars le Tour; the Prussians tave taken no French guns since vVeorth. Telegrams are constantly passing he-ween he-ween the foreign office and Brussels. L'he Belgian comruundors of the front are much exasperated by the constant litem pts of the Prussians to transgress he line on one and another pretext, iilgium wil.1 be supported in defend-tig'her defend-tig'her neutrality with the whole power f England It is beginning to be suspected that he strength of Germany has been .ver-e.timated. 'We hear of S0.000 Prussians in the Crown Prince's army, tfhen his whole active force is less than 30.000 strong. The population of Paris manifests 'iiuch indignation to-day at the ''LelV ,f the Corps Lcgislatif. Keratry was lissed while walking on the boulevards. Volunteering goes on incessantly There is now a current of feeling in England towards France. The belief .hat France tends towards a republic and that Bi?marck withes to annex Alsace and Lorraine to Germany, mikes a large class of Englishmen favor fa-vor Fi ance. The absence of the Queen is altiibuted to her Pru.-sian smpatliies. n arou-ing the dead feeling at Lon-Ion, Lon-Ion, a nobleman said yesterday in a poliiical c'ub, the Queen and King W illiam are doing more for Napoleon Into he is doing for himself. An increasing ami-German agitation prrvadis Ktissia. The leaders of the Uu-covile party openly clamor fur war. lny protest that Prus.-ia detains two miliums and a half souls from their proper allegiance. There arc reports o-day of a fei incut among the Germ-ins fit' E.-tlionia and C'ourtland. .Should these be confirmed, liu?sia will .tiikc ot oil' e and 1 caily. '1 he Germans are said to be besiegi ii Stiasbuuig vi:h vigor, but the French reports make little T that op -iation-1 hoar to-day lh.it the frigate taken ly the French was th'j Jloitfh"t, but she was captured off Point de Gial.c, ai d the news came via Alexandria. |