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

FRANCESCO AND ROSA MADIAI.

The Buorta Novella, an Italian Protestant journal,
publishes two letters, one from Francesco and the other
from Rosa Madiai. The first is dated November 20,
and is as follows :

" Very honoured 21—, I would write more but al;
not, being in bed very ill. Ido not think, however,that
I shall die, but in all things let the will of God be done'
What I can say to you, as a brother in Jesus our Saviouf,i
is, that the more my illness shall increase, the more
increase in me the spirit of God. My respects to all.
cannot write more.--Your faithful servant and brother 0'
Christ Jesus.

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

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" Dear brother in Jesus Christ,—l reply at length. st
your precious letter, which I received whilst I was still
the Bargello. It is superfluous for me to relate to you e'ci
my vicissitudes, all that we have had to suffer both ree 'IF.A
my husband ; but let God be praised, and let us P115:00'.
Him together for having made us victors by our Lord .I,r,
Christ. They have struck and they strike, but Chrietho
plies, none shall take from me those whom the Father
given to me.' When we were accused of having said t 00
the Apostles were despicable men, I replied that its//190.0,
false, and by the words of the Gospel I was going t°ty
whether it was possible for evangelical persons to be b.; we!
of such a thing, but silence was instantly imposed ?I,—,t, 1
I was told, we do not speak of religion. I replied
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was accused of religion, that it was on that llraid to poi
and defend myself ; but the Sovereign Pontiff im „ed
silence on me for the second time. We were acetli;v,l
of having only eight commandments; and ilionp.
said
of annulling that which condemns
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.ust that j
that before such an accusation it
should repeat the Commandments, in orderniTojshow
ther there were eight or ten. Silence ! was the reply.
then added that it was not justice to impose silence on Per
sonal defence. Out of modesty before such a nuraerono
auditory, a little ,moderation was shown, and I was flit
asked whether we observed the Ten Commandmell to
Certainly,' I replied, such as God dictated then' vi
Moses on Mount Sinai.' Silence, that is suffleiee ',
was again heard. In short, dear brother, if such .„
justice is for the glory of God, be it welcome; "be
pray for us fervently, in order that we may
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enabled to serve and honour Him in this heavy e:f
tivity. My husband is very unwell, and that is b 4
greatest affliction ; for myself, I am very thin,
better in health by the grace of the Lord Jesus. I 114 t
that you and your wife are well ; I shall never forge
r
how much she has suffered for me; kiss your children it",,,
me ; tell them that my husband and myself exhort thZ,l
in their exile not to fear the great ones of this corruPtvo`i
world, for in a short time they will be in the dust ; that,
the cause of Christ alone they should have a holy jean,
in their hearts and in their actions, and that to him viLt
the Father and the Holy Ghost be honour and glory, n
the Church pray for us ; we hope that, with the blessing If
God, who gives strength to weak mortals like us, that.„';
any ono should be called on to suffer for His cause, that '2,
will call to mind how much Jesus has suffered for lifi•
Your sister in Christ,
" ROSA 31A.DrALo

CAMBRIDGE MATHEMATICAL EXAMINATION. --The CI9O
lists were published this morning (Friday). We ha%
received the names of the first 12 wranglers. St. Johni„
is again first. Trinity is unfortunate this year having 011,
two men among the wranglers and those low down.
names are as follows :-1, Sprague, St. John's
Lunn'
St. Emmanuel •3, Newbery, StJohn's ;4, Tionr'.
St. John's ; 5, Cohen, Magdalen; 6, Beasley, St. John ''
7, Roberts, Corpus ; 8, Wilson, Trinity ; 9 Gibsooe;
Trinity • 10, Thorpe, Christ's ; 11, Stewart, St. Peter'
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Wilkinson, Corpus.
CLEW BAY COPPER MINES, MAYO, IRELAND.---'6l
extra number of men have this week been put upon theSf
mines to work the newly discovered valuable lode °
copper, commencing two feet in width. At the bendi°f,
adit level, the workmen are actively pursuing their oPe
rations under the directions of Captain Mates with 1.111:
diminished success. The lode is
widening, and yielclWe
a large supply of copper of the very best quality. so
HIGH TlDES.—Yesterday afternoon, the tide rose,
such a height as to inundate the wharves and watersr..it, „.
premises, and to beat over the river banks and sea
Walls'
overflowing the marshes and those
places situate beleit
high water mark. So little was an extraordinary fl°er
of water anticipated, that persons residing on the river
banks neglected to take the usual precaution of cleit:,;
ming up the doors and cellars, and securing the traro,
of their sinks. It was extremely fortunate that the le
crease of water took place in the day time, otherwise
damage to property must have been extensive, as, at had
past three o'clock, nearly half an hour before high water'
the tide was more than a foot and a half deep at t_a
extremity of the wooden platform at Billingsgate, Tie,
at high water the plinth of the ornamental columns, va,
tween the arches at Blackfriars-bridge, were submerged
The wind being E.N.E. forced the immense body tv
ere
water with great velocity up the river, and the rapg"ii,'
of the current was such, that steam-vessels going
a contrary direction, notwithstanding that they 'iv Ice
obliged to put on their full power, could scarcely 1,13i0
any headway. Vessels moored in the Lower geaeh,,d
order to prevent their drifting, had to let go a se6,,c'e
anchor, and even thenv
, in some instances, they ni-bi
and occasioned much damage in spars and riggni.gde
coming in contact with others. On the south
tbe
the river, under Bermondsey and Rotherhithe
basement floors and cellars
of houses were inundaas, es
and wood, furniture, casks, &c., were, in many col
floated away from landing places. The market gri° of
in the localities suffered materially. The north siue•or the Thames did not go wholly unscathed, as in the vi
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nity of Lower Shadwell, Wapping, and the Isle of D°d,
houses and other
premises were partially overil°l/tet
Should the wind continue in the same quarter, a grey
influx of water may be expected this morning,
which the tide will begin to " take off."
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REPRESENTATION OF 00
WEST WORCESTERSHIRA" Wednesday evening a meetingof Conservative &ctoo
wt.
was held at the Star Hotel, ii7-orcester, on this silb,,J-100
The object of the meeting was stated to be to deter'--Vis-
on the propriety of inviting Mr. Henry Lygon (new; the
count Elmley) to become a candidate to reP resen" r
division, on the same principles as those of his &the
hY
the present Earl Beauchamp. The chair was ta
the hon. and Rev. W. W. C. Talbot. Mr• Ca-tier,the
chairman of the provisional committee, reported t° ocl'
meeting that that committee had decided on recoreweested
ing to the electors that Mr. Lygon should be VII.
to stand in the place of his father. Whereupon .Vost
H. Lechmere moved the following resolution :—"Liog,
Mr. Henry Lygon is, in the opinion of this inelcisioni
fit and proper person to represent the western Lastateti
of the county in Parliament." Mr. M. Pierpoint, tot
that he had heard from his lordship's own 'flout,' th
eir
his principles were entirely in accordance with wers
professed by his father. It is stated in some of thlevPogrPcos-
that General H. B. Lygon was M.P. for East
cilapp
tershire. This is a mistake, the present Earl Belt oota'
having represented the western division for a great
be,' of years. With the exception of a period of ovouni,
months in 1831-2,, General Lygon has sat for taheivooteo
in the House of Commons, and has always.
_a.
strong Conservative and Protectionist principlee„
AUTHOR OF THE " CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER, their
Royal Astronomical Society of London! _,
meeting on the 14th inst., elected Thomas Dic
I3roughty Ferry, a Fellow of that Society—
honour richly deserved by the aged philogoPher'