The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-22 00:00:00

TUSCANY.

The Grand Duke of Tuscany has caused the fol-
lowing circular to be addressed to all officials iu his
dominions

"Sir,—His Imperial and Royal Highness the Grand
Duke, penetrated by the increasing necessity e.f preserv-
ing in the State, and chiefly in the churches and other
public establishments, those precious objects of art
with which the genius or the religious piety of
our ancestors enriched the country, while desirous of
reinforcing the disposition of the ancient and exist-
ing ordinances, together with all those ulterior provi-
sions that may be judged efficacious to the same
object, desires also that the vigilance and energy of the
judicial,, political, and administrative authorities should
be excited, in order tnat in every case the most vigorous
and exact observance of the superior ordinances may
accrue therefrom to the law of the 26th of December,
1754, revived bythe Laws and Custom-house Ta,riffof the
3flth of August, 1781, and the 18th of October, 1791, re.
*ailed in vigour by the notification of the 9th of May, 1814,
and succeeding ordinances, and by the disposition of which
it is forbidden to export from the State ancient pictures
without a special license; and to the disposit ions published
by the notification of the Imperial Royal Consults, dated
the 23d of October, 1818, by which was confirmed tie
already existing laws on the inalienability of the
monuments of art belonOng to Royal. or public esta-
blishments and religious_ places depending on the
same ; and the prohibition to alienate similar ob.:
jects was extended to churches and their dependencies,
whoever might be the patron ; to the religious
corporations, to conservators, to religious corpora-
tions, to hospitals, and in general to all establishments,
whether ecclesiastical or of public piety, unless that an
express authorisation shall have been accorded in the
manner and respectively under the penalties laid down
in the notification itself.

"I impart this to you that it may serve as a rule,
and secure the exact and conetant fulfilment of the
above dispositions, .while, with distinguished respect, I
remain, &o.

"From the Ministry of -, April 6, 1857."
DENMARK.
. _

A letter from Copenhagen, in Voss's Gazette of
Berlin, says :—" The real cause of the ministerial
crisis is this : Count Scheele submitted four manu-
script documents on the Sound dues question to the
Supreme Council, together with the printed proto-
cols. M. Andrae expressed his surprise at the
course, and maintained that the communication of
these documents to the Council was needless, and
at any rate ought,not to have taken place without
his being informed of it as President of the Coun-
cil. This was said with some warmth ; Count
Scheele replied with equal warmth, and a violent
discussion ensued, which led to a definitive rupture.
It is stated that the President of the Council after-
wards discovered that he had made a mistake, and
learned that the said documents had be,,n sub-
mitted to the Council of Minis: era ; but it was too
late. It is clear that other causes had long existed
to lead to this rupture, since so insignificant a
question has been sufficient to bring it about."
The Diet passed the thiid reading of the Sound
Dues Abolition Bill unanimously.