The Express. — 1866-07-28 (London, England)

CORRESPOIMINT.)  FRANKFORT, dtria 25. • Reporta were current on the 23rd that the Senate, the Connell, and the Income Tax Commissioners had refused to pay the additional contribution of 26 =Rhona of florins. Late in the evening it was said that if the money was not paid the town would be given up to pillage, but though this caused a sleepless night to many it was supposed to be an idle threat. Next day the soldiers reported that they were to parade at 5 o'clock in heavy marching order, as they were not to return to the same quarters, but were to be billeted on the senators and those authorities who had refused to pay the 25 millions. I believed this to be one of the numerous canards which infest this town, but seeing the 4-pound battery getting all ready for action and nurchin,g away to take up a position on the  Muhlbeig, a height above Sachsenhausen, on the other side of the river, and commanding the town, it became clear that something was to occur. The batsedens of the Landwehr were on parade, and I took the opportunity of examining them. They are a i very fine body of men, all, in the prime of life, well clothed, and armed with the needle guns, and with the bayonet in sheaths by their sides. They appeared quiet, respectable, and thoughtful soldiers. The battalion was divided into parties of 87, 37, and 27 men, and each party was furnished with a billet. The parties of 87 were to be quartered in the houses of the senators, of S 7 in those of the commissioners, and of 27 with the Town Council. I really could not believe what I heard, so I followed the men until I saw the house of a senator, a commissioner, and a councillor furnished with his punishment quota. Besides a bed each soldier has food. Most of the dwelling-houses are in flats, far too small to contain such numbers, and the inconvenience must be also great for the soldiers. No sooner were the men thus billeted than a notice was published to the inhabitants to let them know that this was the first instalment to those who refused to give to the King of Prussia the money he demanded. This billeting system is a very harsh measure, but in this case it is a sort of diamond cut diamond. In 1848-49, at the request of the Senate and authorities of Frankfort,. a body of Austrians, Prussians, and Bavarians took up their quarters here. As they remained a long time, the authorities thought the best way to get quit of them was to let their barracks fall out of repair, and thus force them to leave. I Ina asked by a Prussian officer to see their barracks, and I have no health, tion in saying that if swine had been put into such places the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to animals would have interfered.  It has been reported to me on the beet authority that M. Rothschild and four citizens of Frankfort are going to have an interview with the King of Prussia at the seat of war. To-morrow it is proposed that ►t the funeral of the burgomaster,who is said to have oommitted suicide, the bulk of the citizens with their wires shall attend. As the oommandant has ordered that no assemblies of people are to take place I siseptct he will interfere. The people look in better spirits, and seem determined to pay no more money. No one here seems to know anything of the Federal army.