13 JUNE 1868, Page 2

General Duroc, commanding at Strasburg, seems very anxious for war

with Prussia. Three weeks since, says the Berlin corres- pondent of the Times, he galloped over the Strasburg bridge, and began ridiculing the little tete-du-pont which defends it on the German side ; and a few days ago he proceeded in an open boat down the Rhine from Huningen, inspecting the German side with maps, and telescopes, and all the paraphernalia of a reconnoitring party. The Germans consider that this was all done in bravado to insult them, but surely French discipline is a little too strict to permit any grotesquerie of that kind. It is more probable that the General was amusing himself, forgetful of watching eyes, of Berlin newspapers, and of German susceptibilities.