The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-09 00:00:00

HAMBURGH MAIL.

FRANKFORT, MARCII 30.—A German Sovereign,
who hitherto bore the Ducal title, intends, it is said,
to assume that of Grand Duke. Negotiations on
this subject were, it seems, opened some months ago
with some German Courts, which were the more dis-
posed to recognise the new title, as States took an
interest in it which do not belong to the German
Confederation, to which the right of deciding apper-
tains. The revenues of the Sovereign in question
are, besides, more considerable than those of some
Princes of the Confederation who now bear the title
of Grand Duke; and the extent and population of his
territories, likewise, exceed those of some Grand
Duchies. It can, therefore, be hardly doubted, that
the proposed new title will be approved of.
The object of Prince Albert's visit to Gotha is sup-
posed to be the regulation of family matters, especially
the division of the private property left by his father,
the late Duke. It is well known that the deceased
was very economical, and since, as it is now affirmed,
that sums paid by Prussia for the lordship of St.
Wendel, on the left bank of the Rhine, which was
ceded into it, went into the private coffers of the
Duke, the amount of his property is stated at seve-
ral millions.

WARSAW, MARCH 23.—Foreign journals still re-
port that the Prince of Warsaw thinks of retiring
from his high office. I any, however, able to state,
on good authority, that he never had an idea of
quitting a post in which he has succeeded, by hu-
manity and strict justice, in gaining the esteem and
gratitude of all parties. The best-informed
persons know to a certainty that the Emperor
has never given even the slightest intimation of an
intention to recal the Prince, who justly enjoys his
entire confidence, and by his mild administration has
gained more than ever could have been effected by
rigour. The Pield-Marshal will not visit any foreign
watering-places this summer, but immediately after
Easter go, as he usually does every year, to St. Pe-
tersburgh, where he will make a considerable stay.
FRANKFORT, MARCH 30.—His Highness the Duke
of Nassau received, on Monday last, by an express,
the intelligence that his brother, Prince Adolphus,
would !not be able to be at Wiesbaden, to be present
at the fetes, because, in a fit of just anger, he had shot
a nobleman in Hungary, who, during a hunting party,
in the Prince's presence, wantonly shot two of the
Prince's servants. The Duke was deeply affected by
this intelligence.
MUNICH, MARCH 25.—We are sick of the affairs
of Greece, and the Helleno-mania which was arti-
ficially produced is succeeded by a well-founded
disgust with everything Greek. Bavaria has for
many years made the greatest sacrifices of blood and
treasure to a cause with which the people have no
concern without deriving any advantage from it,
which, in fact, no reflecting person ever expected.
Yet it appears that further sacrifices are contemplated
which, if they should be made, must render the Greek
cause still more unpopular. Mach money has been
sent from Bavaria to Greece; thousands of our coun-
trymen have there found an early grave, and the
remnant of them. have returned home wretched and
miserable, we may say, from exile. The Greek Go-
' vernment is in -the most pressing financial distress.
The protecting Powers have refused all further ap-
plications for pecuniary aid, as not even the interest
on former loans has been paid._ But the King has
now opened a negotiation with the house of Roths-
child to contract a loan to the amount of several mil-
lions of drachmas. This house, as we learn, from
good authority, is not indisposed to accede to the
_proposal, but it requires, as a condition, the assent of
our Crown Prince, who holds his court at Bamburg.
The Crown Prince appears to be of opinion that this