The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-28 00:00:00

HOLLAND.

THE HAGUE, MAY 25.—The Ilandelsblad announces
that the KING has consented to act as arbitrator be-
tween France and Spain for the differences relative to
the seizure of some vessels in 1813.
The Staats Courant publishes the report of the
sections of the Second Chamber on the project of law
regulations of Ministerial responsibility.
It appears from the document that the sections are
unanimous in declaring this project preferable to the
one presented in 1849, on the same subject, because it
confines itself to the crimes committed by a Minister
in the exercise of his functions. _ .

...
The majority is ready to adopt the project of law,
saving some few changes in the details.

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.

Count I.3ILLE BRAIIE has proposed to the Assembly
of Notables at Flensburg to adopt in tote, without
discussion, the project of the Government, but the
delegates of Denmark and of Schleswig have not
agreed to the proposition. It is reported that they
have resolved at a preliminary meeting to strike out
those clauses of the project relating to the institutions
common to the two duchies, and to propose an admi-
nistrative and politic separation between them. The
Notables of Holstein, however, do not perfectly agree
in the matter. The Government project, with the
observations and additions of the Notables, will be
examined by the superior authorities of the duchies
and the kingdom, and will probably be submitted
ultimately, with other additions and modifications, to
the provincial states for final deliberation. It is
evident this mode of proceeding will take up much
time.
Colonel HODGES, the British Minister at the llanse
Towns, left Hamburgh for Flensburg on the 22d,
having received orders from his Government to that
effect.

ITALY.
SEVEN FLORENTINES PUNISHED FOR
READING THE BIBLE.
A letter from Florence of the 18th, in the RiSor-
giniento of Turin, gives some particulars about the
arrest of Count GUICCIXRDINI and six of his friends,
which was mentioned a few days ago. It appears
that, on the arrival of the police, they were sitting
round a table-reading a chapter of the Gospel ac-
cording to St. John. They were taken to prison,
and examined by a magistrate on a charge of baying
attempted to overthrow the religion of the State; but
the results of this examination being entirely in their
favour, the public prosecutor declared there were not
sufficient grounds for continuing the prcceediegs.
The correspondent adds that the police, in virtue of
the discretionary power with which it is invested,
has condemned Count GUICCIARDINI and his as-
sociates to six months exile in the province of
Volterra.
The Costitazionale of Florence of the 20;h pub-
lishes a decree of the Grand Duke of iuscAr.y,
oovvering the municipality of Arezzo to effect, at its
own risk and expense, the survey of__ a
by rajlv,,Ty
line
from Florence to the Roman frontier r:-.)ntier Pontaeaiere,
Arezzo, and Valdichiana. Timunicipality is to be
responsible for all indemnities which might hereafter
be claimed by the proprietors of the lands surveyed.
The Government, on the otherhand,
reserves to itself
the right, not only of permitting
lines, but also of adopting at the survey of other
any time the line it may
think proper, without any obligation whatever of
indemnifying the commune of Arezzo for the expenses
it may hare ,ineurred.. Our readers will remember