27 AUGUST 1870, Page 2

It seem* that the French wild beasts decline to respect

the Bel- gian neutrality,—the bears and wolves of the German and French forests having been so much scared by the late heavy discharges of artillery, that they have crossed the Belgian frontier in great numbers, and sought refuge in the Ardennes, without submitting to be diaarrned by the authorities. The English sportsmen will no doubt consider that they are bound by the spirit of the Belgian Treaty to render material aid to Belgium in punishing these aggres- sors on neutral ground.