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

FRANCESCO AND ROSA MADIAI.

The Buona Novella, an Italian Protestant J°
publishes two letters, one from Francesco and th° °
from Rosa Madiai. The first is dated Noverabel"
and is as follows :
" Very honoured DT—, I would write more, but tb
not, being in bed very ill. Ido not think, howcWe''ciol,
I shall die, but in all things let the will of God te
What I can say to you as a brother in Jesus our
i
is, that the more myillness shall increase, the 131°,11.
increase in me the spirit of God. My respects to 5"
cannot write more.—Your faithful servant and bro
Christ Jesus.

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" FRA ivAJIY.
NCESCO J....
" P.S.—Do not toll my wife how ill I am." j Oil
The letter of the wife, which is without date'
follows
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" Dear brother in Jesus Christ,—l reply at -e oty,r
your precious letter, which I received whilst I NO! 04
the Bargello. It is superfluous for me to relate
it 04
1°;i0
my vicissitudes, all that we have had to suffer boil).
my husband ; but let God be praised, and let 11 „
Him together for havingmade us victors by our 1-4ci,5
iristo
Christ. They have struck and they strike, butt'efro
plies, ' none shall take from me those whom the s4clij,,lol
given to me.' When we were accused of having t
the Apostles were despicable men, I replied th: ,0
false, and by the words of the Gospel I was goin,Do
whether it was possible for evangelical persons t°loo
of such a thing, but silence was instantly imPori 00,11
I was told, we do not speak of religion. I rePl'etlto
was accused of religion, that it was on that I 115 ior,e4
and defend myself ; but the Sovereign Pontiff "014 t,
silence on me for the second time. We nrer°,4l4.7'ooit
of having only eight commandments, and in r J„:t'
of annulling that which condemns fornicatiODA'
tshhat
el:preen repeat lcihe Commandments, accusation
inod t wa sr
ceita• ther there were eight or ten. Silence I then added that it was not Justice to impose
sonal defence. Out of modesty before- suell,a-r-vilss
auditory, a little; moderation
was shown, 21111`
asked whether We observed the Ten Comn3l-hesi
' Certainly,' I replied; ' such as God dictated 40310,
Moses on Mount Sinai.' Silence, that isB-001101
was again heard. In short, dear brother, 11, uis F
justice is for .the glory of God, be it wet° olior
pray for us fervently, in order that Ntres,ori
at
enabled to serve and honour Him in this nt,itt is
tivity. My husband is very unwell, and t'thip,,"
greatest affliction ; for myself, lam very, IP4I
better in health by the grace of the Lord Jona fA
that you and your wife are well • I shall 0.10,04
how much she has suffered for me; 'lds3 your 011' rt o,loi
me ; tell them that my husband and myself ein°ofrsy
in their exile not to fear the great ones of this ,c
world, for in a short; time they will be in the dusuiesle
the cause of Christ alone they should have a holli.;ji,
in their hearts and in their actions, and that to ur.,
the Father and the Holy Ghost be honour and gig,esoo,
the Church pray for us ; we hope that, with the pi tlir
God, who gives strength to weak mortals like 1.15' tp 0,1
any one should be called on to suffer for His caueei.or
will call to mind how much Jesus has suffered' 0
Your sister in Christ,

"Rosa g'''l(3l'ti'

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CAMBRIDGE MATHEMATICAL EXAMINATION.
lists were published this morning (Friday).
received the names of the first 12 wranglers. '.''peop
is again first. Trinity is unfortunate this year bit
two men among the wranglers and those low dowPiti ;10
names are as follows :-1, Sprague, St. P 134
Batty, Emmanuel • 3, Newbery, St. John's ;,„, VoVe
St. John's ; 5, Cohen,' Magdalen; 6, Beasley, obije.d,
7, Roberts, Corpus ; 8, Wilson, Trinity ; 9, I),
Trinity ; 10, Thorpe, Christ's ; 11, Stewart, S•
,4e
12, Wilkinson, Corpus.
CLEW BAY COPPER MINES, MAYO, IRELAN ot,
extra number of men have this week been put IVA
mines to work the newly discovered valuable belio'‘
copper, commencing two feet in width. At thewirdor
adit level, the workmen are actively pursuing tujoa
rations under the directions of Captain Mates 11jely
diminished success. The lode is widening, an"' e
a large supply of copper of the very best qualiti'
HIGH TlDES.—Yesterday afternoon, the tideater
such a height as to inundate the wharves and
premises, and to beat over the river banks ands e ?
overflowing the marshes and those places situate V
high water mark. So little was an extraordill,bef il,"
of water anticipated, that persons residing on f
banks neglected to take the usual precaution
ll°, tly,
ming up the doors and cellars, and securing ! tbe
of their sinks. It was extremely fortunate tba',V;
damagecrease o ft
to
propertyater t ook
mustplacehianytehbe
edenay extensive,o t learsii,"o,:,l)o;
past three o'clock, nearly half an hour before hig„
yt
the tide was more than a foot and a half deei te,
extremity of the wooden platform .at Billings°3o4,j,
at high water the plinth of'the ornamental colu'lierb
tween the arches at Bra"ckfriars-bridge, were sup-ogii
The wind being E.N.E. forced the immense l'orivo
water with great velocity up the river, and the ifig,(s
of the current was such, that steam-vessels g° oja
a contrary direction, notwithstanding that th2ro
obliged to put on their full power, could scar
any headway. Vessels moored in the Lower 1' set"°4
order to prevent their drifting, had to let go
~1dr);!,
anchor, and even then, in some instances, theW
and occasioned much damage in spars and rigg 0000
coming in contact with others. On the soutbdAbelf
the river, under Bermondsey and Rotherhithe „rocl.4')
basement floors and cellars of houses Were h3",r ail
and wood, furniture, casks, &c., were, in n 13,11,0
floated away from landing places. The market
in the localities suffered materially. The port the
the Thames did not go wholly unscathed, as ill
0f
nity of Lower Shadwell, Wapping, and the isle
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houses and other premises were partially 011 - etrci
Should the wind continue in the same quarters, e
,
influx of water may be expected this morn'
which the tide
REPRESENTATI wi
ONll begin
WEST WORCESTEEto " take off."
artiSt,„cto,
ev
Wednesday evening a meeting of Conservativf oir
bi ot
was held at the Star Hotel, Worcester, on tileterfillif
The object of the meeting was stated to be to folf tba
on the propriety of inviting Mr. Henry Lygen, ,tseo,l,el,l
count Elmley) to become a candidate to rep,r:.', fAvd b!
division, on the same principles as those of ul,lo3'tjer'
the present Earl Beauchamp. The chair was Cent' Of
the hon.. and Rev. W. W. C. Talbot. D'f't d t'eei
chairman of the provisional committee, repel. cooe.ts,
meeting that that committee had decided on rec AO P.
ing to the electors that Mr. Lygon should be ro #l,llO
to stand in the place of his father. WhereuPe,,,,,``frp°
H. Lechmere moved the following resolution eetif?Bieji
Mr. Henry Lygon is, in the opinion of 0%1:
fit and proper person to represent the wester et ° tb°,
of the county in Parliament.' Mr. M. Pierr-ecutlitpoi;,
that he had heard from his lordship's own der
his principles were entirely in accordaneerthe P",
professed by his father. It is stated in some el "
qt
that General H. B. Lygon wr,s M.P. for 011%4
tershire. This is a mistake the present Earl --„reetiiter
having represented the western division for a. eig otij
ber of years. With the exception of a period „
oo
months in 1831-2, General Lygon has sat f°l-
,
in the House of Commons, and has alwaY.„sles;, &C'
strong Coirervative and Protectionist Prineuirsit belt
AUTHOR OF THE " CHRISTIAN PHILOSOP'%, '3%/01
The Royal Astronomical Society of Lond7ci,,
meeting on the 14th inst., elected Thomas P al
Broughtz, Ferry, a Fellow of that SocietY
deserved the aged philos9o4g.
honour richly