The commanders of the Austrian sad Prussian troops now occu-
pying the territory of Frankfort, were hoaxed, on the 14th instant, by the report of a conspiracy to assassinate the King of Bavaria, who is residing at his palace of Aschaffenburg on the Maine, near Frankfort. A letter from that city, published in the Times, de- scribes the alarm which the preparations for defeating this paper plot occasioned.
"The population of this town was in a state of intense anxiety. It was at one time feared that the scenes of April and May were about to be renewed. A great military force was set on foot. Austrian, Prussian. and Frankfort troops were sander arms, in full accoutrements, and strong patrols of cavalry and infantry traversed the city in every direction. A battalion of the Austrian regiment was stationed in detachments from distance to distance, from the guardhouse of the parade ground of the Zeil as far as Schoenhausen, where another battalion, with artillery, defended the head of the bridge and the Darmstadt gate. The Prus- sians had taken up their position on the Boulevard, out of the city, at the gates of which were placed three pieces of cannon, charged with grapeshot. Aides- sle-camp went backwards and forwards with orders from the Major-General ; at whose head. quarters great activity prevailed. This military display led to a belief of some intended hostile movement ; but after two hours pawed in the greatest anxiety, the peaceable inhabitants of the town saw the troops return to
it respective quarters."
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