The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-28 00:00:00

FRANCESCO AND ROSA MADIAI.

The Buona Novella, an Italian Protestant inurn3
publishes two letters, one from Francesco and the other
from Rosa Madiai. The first is dated November 0'
and is as follows :

" Very. honoured 31—, I would write more, but fii
not, being in bed very ill. Ido not think, however, 'lie,
I shall die, but in all things let the will of God be tl'
, ,
What I can say to you, as a brother in Jesus our Sav'°„ill
is, that the more my illness shall increase, the more I
increase in me the spirit of God. My respects to all. iD
cannot write more.—your faithful servant and brothel'
Christ Jesus.

" FRANCESCO RADIO
" P.S.—Do not tell my wife how ill I am."
• 0 The letter of the wife, which is without date, lg
follows :

"Dear brother in Jesus Christ,—l reply at lengn et
your precious letter, which I received whilst I was Anil!
the Bargello. It is superfluous for me to relate to ri14,04
my vicissitudes, all that we have had to suffer both Ine..*,-.oe
my husband ; but let God be praised, and let us Pro
Him together for having made us victors by our Lord dt re
Christ. They have struck and they strike, but Chris 110
plies, ' none shall take from me those whom the Pathertot
given to me.' When we were accused of having said 04
the Apostles were despicable men., I replied that hol
false, and by the words of the Gospel I was goinc,
whether it was possible for evangelical persons toabe 6-oe,
Itp
of such a thing, but silence was instantly imposed o?l,_at j
I was told, we do not speak, of religion. I replied ti,ef
was accused of religion, that it was on that I had to 1!.'1,04
and defend myself; but the Sovereign Pontiff inZ7OO4
silence on me for the second time. We were v'
cslef
of having only eight commandments, and in part: i Ol'
of annulling that which condemns fornication.
that before such an accusation it was only just wit"
theyshouldt
he naarepeat
hdeedfr eeendeewere t .
thathe Commandments,
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auditory, a little imoderation was shown, and I sc, Os'
asked whether we observed the Ten Co enense
' Certainly,' I replied, ' such as God dictated te,.;eti
Moses on Mount Sinai." Silence, that is eum7,-
was again heard. In short, dear brother if enc nt
justice is for the glory of God, be it welcome; he
pray for us fervently, in order that we waled'
enabled to serve and honour Him in this heavi ,3)1
tivity. My husband is very unwell, and that is
brit
greatest affliction ; for myself, I am very thin., boo
better in health by the grace of the Lord Jesus.
rget
t you and your wife are well ; I shall never 1° for
how much she has suffered for me; kiss your childrelli,eys
me ; tell them that. my husband and myself exhort tPiel
in their exile not to fear the great ones of this corruPt of
world, for in a short time they will be in the dust
the cause of Christ alone they should have a holy Jea'°.itll
in their hearts and in their actions, and that to Will %et
the Father and the Holy Ghost be honour and glory,, c, of
the Church pray for us ; we hope that, with the blessing
God, who gives strength to weak mortals like us, that be
any one should be called on to suffer for His cause, the
will call to mind how much Jesus has suffered for us'
Your sister in Christ,
" ROSA MADfil•

15° CAMBRIDGE MATHEMATICAL EXAMINATION.—The C 1
LAS were published this morning (Friday). We I%g
•eceived the names of the first 12 wranglers. St. Jcw
is again first. Trinity is unfortunate this year having
two men among the wranglers and those low down. /,
names are as follows :-1, Sprague, St. John's ;
Batty, Emmanuel • 3, Newbery, St. John's • 4, fill ,00,
St. John's ; 5, Cohen, Magdalen ; 6, Beasley, 'St. 3-1011 0;
„
7, Roberts, Corpus ; 8, Wilson, Trinity ; 9, GibSem,o,
0;
Trinity ; 10, Thorpe, Christ's ; 11, Stewart, St. Peter
12, Wilkinson, Corpus.
CLEW BAY COPPER MINES, MAYO,
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RELAND.
extra number of men have this week been put upon the'o'f
mines to work the newly discovered valuable lode.g
copper, commencing two feet in width. At the bend''
adit level, the workmen are actively pursuing their oPler
rations under the directions of Captain Mates with Li diminished success. The lode is widening, and yiela'g
a largo supply of copper of the very best quality. to
HIGH TlDES.—Yesterday afternoon, the tide rose, je
such a height as to inundate the wharves and water
premises, and to beat over the river banks and sea wallsfi
overflowing the marshes and those places situate bel'i
high water mark. So little was an extraordinary ti°er
of water anticipated, that persons residing on the rivl,
banks neglected to take the usual precaution of c 13%
ming up the doors and cellars, and securing the tra.l3o,
of their sinks. It was extremely fortunate that the
crease of water took place in the day time, otherwise ti
damage to property must have been extensive, as, at P
past three o'clock, nearly half an hour before high water;
the tide was more than a foot and a half deep at t„jtj
extremity of the wooden platform at Billingsgate, 3'o,
at high water the plinth of the ornamental columns, PA,
tween the arches at Blackfriars-bridge, were submergc"of
The wind being E.N.E. forced the immense body
water with great velocity up the river, and the rapidi.;',
of the current was such, that steam-vessels going Ire
a contrary direction, notwithstanding that they we
,o
obliged to put on their full power, could scarcely 1113'',
any headway. Vessels moored in the Lower Reach, id
order to prevent their drifting, had to let go a sae%
anchor, and even then, in some instances, they drolc
and occasioned much damage in spars and rigging, 19.7 f
coming in contact with others. On the south side c'
the river, under Bermondsey and Rotherhithe wall, the
basement floors and cellars of houses were inundated;
and wood, furniture, casks, &c., were, in many °Sea
floated away from landing places. The market grout' f
in the localities suffered materially. The north side 13.
the Thames did not go wholly unscathed, as in the
nity of Lower Shadwell, Wapping, and the Isle of Log;'
houses and other premises were partially overflowed'
Should the wind continue in the same quarter, a greater
which of water may be expected this morning, after
which the tide will begin to " take off."
REPRESENTATION OP WEST WORCESTERSHIRE.-- °,114 Wednesday evening a meeting of Conservative electo."
was held at the Star Hotel, Worcester, on this subje.c",;
The object of the meeting was stated to be to
division,deterrl3lll-
-
tthh ee
presenthon
.ona ntdh
Earl
nr same aeßmv
e. eaw.o c.h principleslvam .p .c .
on the propriety of inviting Mr. Henry Lygon (now v count Elmley) to become a candidate to represent
chairman of the provisional committee, reportedGatrOtitellAl.'
im-engettoingthtehealtetchtoarst committee
Lhyagdodnecsihdoeudldonh- reecreeinciulnee;:d
as those
hael
bot.chair ofmw ars. his
taken f fat
eb
to stand in the place of his father. Whereupon Alr,;,i;';i
H. Lechmere moved the following resolution •—"
Mr. Henry Lygon is, in the opinion of this
ineetin.g'-
fit and proper person to represent the western division
principlesw
enebray l his father.
s r.e
L ye ngltoitur
ie
31
wys
of the county in Parliament." Mr. M. Pierpoint steed
thathis professedG
that he had heard from his lordship's own mouth h:
atiasnt stated accordance.i
Wore%
tershire. This is a mistake, the present Earl Beaucharar,
having represented the western division for a great W. 11330
pn .s
foomreEoafws
ttiht
eh
paper t h
her of years. With the exception of a period of eight to
months in 1831-2, General Ln has sat for the Nita in the House of Commons, and has always advocated
strong Conservative and Protectionist principles.
The ~t AUOR f,
OP THE " CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER," Ro TH
yal Astronomical Society of London, at tupeif
,
meeting on the 14th inst
elected Thomas Dick, LL' Del
Peru, a Fellow of that Society—a 11131.' honour richly deserved by the aged philosopher.