The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-08 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The Moniteur contains a report to the Emperor
from the Marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, Minister
of Marine, concerning the reorganisation of the
medical service in the French navy. The document
is followed by a decree from his Majesty ordering
the adoption of the measures recommended by the
Minister.

In the Paris corn market last week there was a
general upward tendency in prices. The four marks
of flour were officially quoted at 51f. the sack of
157 kilos., being an advance of lf. 25c. Wheat
also improved lf., the price being 21f. the 120 kilos.
Rye remains unvaried at 16f. 25c. the 115 kilos.:
barley rose 75c., to 14f. 50c. the 100 kilos.; and
oats also 75c., to 18f. 50c. the 100 kilos. At the
last cattle market at Sceaux, oxen sold at lf. 15c.
to If. 45c. the kilo.; cows at 96c. to If. 34c.; calves
at lf. 36c. to If. 78c.; and sheep at lf. 26c. to
if. 60c. At Poissy the prices were If. 4c. to If. 42c.;
92c. tell. 30c.; if. 38c. to If. 72c.; and If. 34c. to
If. 74c. respectively.
The Paris Tribunal of Commerce, in its audience
of Saturday last, ordered to be publicly read and
transcribed on its registers a communication from
the Prefect of the Seine notifying that the Imperial
exequatur had been granted to Mr. Falconer Atlee,
recently appointed English Consul in Paris, in the
place of Mr. Pickford, deceased. Li consequence,

Mr. Atlee can now freely perform the functions of
the office conferred on him.

The Journal de Rouen states that the equestrian
statue of the Emperor Napoleon 1., which is to be
erected in the Place de l'Hotel de Ville, arrived in
that city from Paris by railway. The inauguration
is fixed for the 14th, the day before the Emperor's
fete. Marshal Vaillant is to represent the Sovereign
on the occasion.

An accident, attended with serious loss of life,
occurred at St. Germain-en-Lays the day before
yesterday. A number of workmen engaged in re-
pairing a house were raising a piece of timber to the
level of the fourth floor, when the scaffolding sud-
denly gave way, and four of them were precipitated
to the ground. Three were killed on the spot, and
the fourth had one of his thighs fractured.
The bulletin of the Paris Observitory gives the
following as the atmospheric situation yesterday :
" A general calm reigns over the west of Europe.
The gale which we announced on Saturday as ap-
proaching Russia had its centre this morning a little
to the North of the Black Sea ; it gave very strong
winds between N. and E., at Libau and Riga, and
W. and N.W. at Vienna. The Adriatic is calm.
Intelligence fails from the greater part of Spain and
Portugal, England, Norway, and the Black Sea."
In Paris, yesterday, the weather was fine and the
heat moderate. The thermometer at three in the
afternoon marked 2+ C. (70 2-3 F.)
Another interesting discovery has just been made
while digging in the court-yard of the Tuileries for
the foundation of the new Salle des Etats, being
nothing less than the oven which, according to
archaeologists, must have been used by Bernard de
Palissy, besides a number of fragments of moulds of
figures and different objects, which confirm the
opinion that they must have formerly been used by
that artist. Among others is the bust of a sort of
monster, composed entirely of shells, while others
exhibit the limbs of animals, distinguishing even
the hair on their skins. These moulds were no
doubt used in modelling the figures for a grotto
constructed by him in the gardens of the Tuileries
by order of Catherine de Medicis. A manuscript
memoir of Bernard de Palissy at La Rochelle a few
years back, especially mentions a formal proposal of
his to make for the grotto some fantastic figures,
one of which would be formed of " diverses que-
gullies maritimes," and another " imitant de si pres
la nature jusqu'aux petits poilz des barbes et des
seurcilz." Besides these moulds, which are about
a dozen in number, are three or four pieces of
enamelled earthenware, which are alone sufficient to
mark the hand of the great master. Some anti-
quarians go so far as to affirm that the grotto itself
will yet be four d in the Tuileries garden, as the
spot where it was formed is known approximately.
Some of the English papers lately spoke of the
engagement of M. Arditi, the chef-d'orchestre of
Her Majesty's Theatre, in a similar capacity at the
Italian Opera of Paris, but the design is not to be
carried out for financial reasons, as explained in a
letter addressed by M. Bagier to the above-named
gentleman, and published in the Ente-acts. M.
Bagier states that the musicians of his orchestra
have demanded an increase of salary, which he
cannot give this year, as the Opera no longer
receives a subvention from the State. Under
these circumstances, were he to engage M.
Arditi at the salary of 4,000 fr. a month, which
he requires, instead of 1,500 fr., the highest yet
paid at the Italian Opera, the demands of the mu-
sicians would become so extravagant as to place him
(M. Bagier) in great embarrassment. For those
reasons he is obliged, with much regret, to decline
engaging M. Arditi.
It has been stated that the applications for the
City of Paris bonds will be reduced by 38 per cent.
The distribution, therefore, gives the following re-
sult :-100 bonds subscribed for will receive 62 ; 50,
31; 25, 16 ; 207-.13; 10, 7 ; 5, 4 ; and 3, 2. Sub-
scriptions for 1 or 2 will not be reduced.
A case of manslaughter after a drinking bout has
just occurred at Cezay (Loire). A man named
Chaland, the proprietor of a house let to a wine-
shop keeper named Plasse, had passed the night
carousing with his tenant and another man. While
under the influence of liquor a quarrel arose be-
tween Chaland and Plasse, and on the former leav-
ing the house at half-past seven in the morning, he
continued to abuse the latter from the street.
Plasse had thrown himself on his bed to sleep, and
probably being irritated at the noise, arose, took a
gun and fired from the window at his landlord, who
fell mortally wounded and expired two hours later.
Plasse was at once arrested.

It may be remembered that the Council of the
Order of Advocates some time since cited M. E.
011ivier to appear before it, for having accepted paid
functions as agent to the Viceroy of Egypt. As the
learned gentleman did not present himself on the
day appointed, the council on Tuesday last decided
that his name should cease to be inserted on the
list.

Arrivals at the Hotel Meurice :—The Prince and
Princess Gortschakoff, Prince and Princess Scha-
hovskoy, Lord Westbury and the Duchess of Marl-
borough.

A valuable antiquarian discovery is said to have
been just made in the Rue de Grenelle, consisting
of seventeen letters by Cardinal Richelieu, found
in a secret drawer of a cabinet of Louis Thirteenth's
time.

" M. Renal)," says the Liberte; " is expected in
Paris ; he brings, ready for printing, the second
volume of his work on what he calls the origin of
Christianity. This treatise, divided into two parts,
is to be called " Histoire des Apotres."
" It is asserted," says the France, " that the Em-
peror of Russia has recalled to St. Petersburg Prince
Paul de Demidoff, attache to the Russian Embassy
at Paris, on account of his having taken part in the
duel which was the subject of conversation some
weeks since."

BOURSE, Aug. 7.—Two o'clock.---Money con-
tinues abundant in the market, 1,875 Credit Mo-
bilier Shares and 21,000 Rentes, Three per Cent.,
are being discdunted to-day. Prices in consequence
are quoted with an advance on Saturday. Threes,
for the Account, at 68f. 5c., Credit Mobilier Shares
at 765 f. Italian Fives, 65f. Austrian Railway
Shares are recovering from their late panic, they
are at 402 f. 50c., after opei lat 397 f. 50c. New
City Bonds maintain their price of 457f..50c., equal
to a premium of 7f. 50c. Three o'clock.—The
market is much weaker. The last quotations are as
follows :

41 per Cents 97 25
Do. end month —
3 per Cents. 67 90
Do. end month 67 921
Credit Mobilier
Do. end month
Bank Shares 3570
Credit Foneier 1250
Italian Loan 64 90
Do. end month 65 -
RAIL'

Orleans

Northern

Lyons and Mediterranean.

Ditto Threes —
Mexican Loan 471

Do. Bonds —
Russian —
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Rome Debt
Deferred
Roman

PAYS.
Cash. Acct.
842 50

. - - ... 1062 50
~ - - ... 851 25
565 -545 -
522 50

SOuthern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard

402 50
476 25
195 -
815 -

North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona
Roman

... 220 -

THE VIENNA UNIVERSITY JUBILEE•

VIENNA, Aug. 4.

Among the honorary marks of distinction con-
ferred at the jubilee of the Vienna University upon
men of well known and acknowledged ability, the
degree of Doctor in Philosophy, was awarded to
Mr. John Stuart Mill, M.P., for Westminster, and
Sir Roderick Murchison, President of the Geologi-
cal Society. The precise words conveying the rea-
son for the honour were in each case as follows :

" Joh. Stuart Mill, Londiuensis logices inducti
vae auctor nunquam satis colendus," and
" Elustrissimus Dom. Rodericus Lib. Baro de
Murchison, geologorum Anglia, princeps qui tantos
duxit triumphos, ut dum in vivis esset, mortalis esse
desierit."

The directors of the Contract Corporation have
declared a dividend for the past half-year at the rate
of 10 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, carry-
ing forward a large balance.

THE ARRESTS IN SCHLESWIG.

(REUTER'S EXPRESS.)
KIEL, Aug. 5.

The special committee of the Schleswig-Holstein
Association has just issued the following circular
with reference to the arrest of editor May by the
Prussians :

" An act of illegal force has taken place in our
country of a character hitherto unparalleled among
us. An inhabitant of the country, not liable to
military jurisdiction, against whom neither the
courts here nor in his native land of Prussia have
found cause to proceed for any offence whatever,
has been deprived of his liberty by military violence
and breach of the sanctity of domicile. This act
of violence has smitten a man who has deserved
well of us by the devotion of many years to the
defence of our country's rights, and has
smitten him undoubtedly on account of that
devotion. No matter whom the violent act
might have affected, its nature is essentially
that of suspending settled legal order. And this
act of violence has been executed, not by the com-
mon order of the Austrian and Prussian Commis-
sioners, who provisionally exercise the chief power
of Government in our country, but upon the order
of the one without the knowledge of the other, and
it is upheld against the wish and in spite of the op-
position of the latter. From the same quarter a
second act of interference with personal liberty has
been perpetrated in opposition to the Austrian Com-
missioner, and setting aside the regular authorities,
upon the person of the Prussian Deputy, Dr. Freese,
then residing in the country, under the threat of
military force.
" The provisional state of affairs, which we have
already been so often forced, and notably at our
last delegated meeting upon the 19th April, to
characterise in the face of all the world as destruc-
tive of our most important material and moral inte-
rests, and as incompatible with the honour of Ger-
many, has shown itself in these late occurrences
to be utterly untenable and endangering the peace
of Germany as well as our internal affairs. The
German Government and the German nation can
no longer avoid compliance with our demand that
the constitutional power of Government should be
immediately handed over to our legitimate Prince
Duke Frederick. The recognition of the highly
critical position of the country has grievously affected
our native Government and the representatives of
the communes. In the expectation that they will
not allow themselves to be prevented from fulfilling
their serious duties in the fullest degree, it will be
the task of the population to support them in
their efforts by all legalised measures. A decisive
moment is at hand. Hope is permitted that it will
be peaceful, that we shall pass on to settlement
along the path of right with the aid of our legiti-
mate Government, and in agreement with all ele-
ments having a claim to co-operate in the definitive
arrangements of our country's affairs as an interest
of collective Germany, to which Holstein has always
constitutionally belonged as an organic portion,
and to which Schleswig must in future belong. Let
us endure with unshaken courage in the combat for
our own and Germany's sacred rights. Let us
draw still closer together. It is essential that the
entire population should stand shoulder to shoulder
as one man. Those associations which now have
no delegates will elect them as soon as possible, so
that in case of need an assembly of delegates can
meet at very short notice."

The Working Men's Peace Jubilee at the
Crystal Palace.
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Yesterday witnessed at the Crystal Palace the
fructification of a very praiseworthy idea, originat-
ing, we believe, with Mr. Coningsby, an intelligent
working man, who is employed in striking off the
Crystal Palace medallions. Mr. Coningsby's idea
was to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the shut-
ting of the Temple of Janus as between this country
and France by an international exhibition, to which
English and French skilled workmen should send
the products of their industry, and in which they
should fraternise in the most cordial and mutually
confidential manner. The idea was warmly sup-
ported both in this country and France, several
leading journalists in the latter country taking part
in the movement, whilst the sort of sanction which
it received in this country may be best inferred from
the following interesting letter which Mr. Coningsby
read in the course of the inaugural proceedings :

" Dear Sir,—l much regret that I shall bo unable to ao-
cept the invitation with which you and the committee have
honoured me, to attend the opening of the Anglo-French
Working Men's Exhibition. I feel assured that had my
dear husband been living ho would have given his earnest
sympathy and support to an exhibition designed to promote
the cause—always so dear to his heart—of international
peace and goodwill, and so honourable to the men by whom
it was originated, and by whom it is being carried out.
With my best wishes for the success of the exhibition, the
progress of which I shall watch with deep sympathy and
interest—Believe me to remain, dear sir, sincerely,

"O. A. COBDEN.

"Dunford, Midhurst, Aug. 4, 1865."
The proceedings commenced in the central tran-
sept, wherein a very crowded company of the
friends of international unity had assembled. After
some introductory music on the organ the Rev. Dr.
Emerton delivered an impressive prayer, in which,
after a general exhortation to peace and goodwill,
the following passage occurred :

" Bless, too, in an especial manner, his Majesty the Em-
peror of the French. May he henceforth continually prove
that not only in profession but in reality the empire is
peace, and so act in all things that the people whom ho now
rules with so much firmness and with so much vigour may
hereafter have to remember him chiefly as having been,
under God, the giver of peace, the yrometer of national
prosperity, the restorer of real liberty, and the benefactor
of mankind."

At its conclusion Mr. Hubert Maudslay, of the
eminent engineering firm of Mandalay and Field,
took the chair, and briefly opened the proceedings
by reminding the meeting that they had assembled
chiefly to celebrate the 50th year of uninterrupted
peace between England and France, and he thought
it could not be more properly done than by the
workmen of the two countries entering into a gene-
rous emulation in their skilled industry. The pre-
sent exhibition would, he believed, excel in merit
any of the workmen's exhibitions which-had as yet
been opened in London. In conclusion Mr. Manda-
lay paid a handsome compliment to the noble statue
by Theed of the late Prince Consort, which had
been lent by the Queen, a pleasing indication of her
Majesty's interest in all movements which originated
with the working classes of her subjects. At the
conclusion of the chairman's observations Mr. Con-
ingsby read the letter given above, and exhorted
the British workmen to give an hospitable reception
to their French contemporaries. He hoped, he
said, to organise a dinner on a large scale at the
Crystal Palace, in which our friends from
across the Channel should be suitably enter-
tained. Mr. Henry Mandalay followed, giving a
warm adhesion to the exhibition ; and the oratory
concluded with a few observations in French from
M. Potonier, and some very energetic ones from M.
Tallandier, in English, in which that gentleman
called Dr. Emerton roundly to account for having
introduced what he deemed to be a political allusion
into his prayer. He alluded to the passage which
we have quoted above, and said that the object of
the present meeting was not to glorify Kings or
Emperors, but to celebrate the fraternisation of the
peoples of two great nations. These observations
of M. Tallandier were received with great enthu-
siasm by the meeting. Finally, the chairman de-
clared the exhibition opened, and the audience
rushed to the gallery in which the goods of the two
nations were displayed. The great crowd which
had thus assembled prevented more than the most
cursory inspection of the contents, but we may say
generally that they were rather above the average
of workmen's exhibitions. The French contribu-
tors are as yet few in number, but much is pro-
mised, including some articles of a very high cha-
racter. Altogether, the exhibition is very credit-
able, the more especia▪ lly as Mr. Coninsgby assured
us it was due exclusiv▪
ely to the exertions of work-
ing men, and had received no aristocratic or
wealthy patronage whatever.

THE STRAND MUSEUM.—One of the results of the
case "Ruddock v. Lowe," tried at Croydon last week, and
reported in this journal, has been the closing of the
"Museum in the Strand," over which Mr. Lowe presided,
and against which so many complaints have been lodged
with the parochial authorities,

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Aug. 7.

The Queen held a Council to-day, which was at-
tended by the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville,
Viscount Sidney, and the Right Hon. T. Di. Gibson.
Earl Granville had an audience of the Queen.
Mr. Helps was Clerk of the Council.

His Imperial Highness Prince Napoleon, attended
by Col. Ferri-Pisani and suite, arrived at the Clarendon
Hotel on Sunday evening from Ireland.
The Prince and Princess Gagareni and suite have
arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from St. Petersburg.
The Duke of Leinster left his residence, on Carl-
ton-house-terrace, yesterday, for Carton House, Maynooth,
Ireland. His grace will shortly receive a succession of
friends at Carton.

The Duchess (Emily) of Beaufort and Lord and
Lady Londesborough are expected to leave Cowes, Isle of
Wight, in a few days for town, on their way to Grimston
Park, Yorkshire.

The Duchess (Eleanor) of Northumberland is ex-
pected to leave town to-day for Stanwick Park, Yorkshire.
' The Duchess of Roxburghe has arrived at the
Clarendon Hotel from Broxmouth Park.

The Marquis de Caumont La Force has arrived
at the Clarendon Hotel from Paris.

His Excellency Baron de Haben has left Mau-
rigy's Hotel for Hamburg.
The. Earl and Countess of Westmorland left town
yesterday, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Manches-
ter, at Kimbolton Castle.

The Countess Dowager of Jersey is expected to
leave town in the course of the week to pass a few weeks
at Osterley Park.

We understand that a marriage is arranged
shortly to take place between the Earl of Listowel and
Miss Ernestine Mary Bruce, youngest daughter of Lord
and Lady Earnest Bruce.

Expedition in Search of Leichhardt•

The ladies of the colony of Victoria have planned
a new geographical expedition in search of Leich-
hardt. Our readers will remember that the minute
narrative of Leichhardt's death, as spread about by
the natives of Maranoa, in 1849—a narrative
which wa's perfectly plausible, and readily credited
at the time—has long been doubted. Since that
time the squatters have extended their sheep
stations to the place where Leichhardt and his
companions, together with all the animals of his
expedition, were said to have been attacked
and murdered. The colonists live with the na-
tives on the best of terms—the very natives who
where supposed to have committed the murder. Yet
no one knows anything of Leichhardt's fate, nor of
the place of attack, where the bones of men and 70
oxen and horses would surely leave some trace.
Nor is it likely that all the natives would be equally
discreet in concealing facts for which they would
not have to fear punishment. The expeditions
which followed in search of Leichhardt in 1852, in
1858, and in 1861, are known to have been unsuccess-
ful, the fate of the bold traveller remaining wrapped
in darkness and mystery as before, till lately, Mr.
M'lntyre, on an inland journey, 22 deg. S. lat. found
2 horses which had become old in uncontrolled liberty,
and which are supposed to have belonged to Leich-
hardt's expedition, as no other traveller has been
known to have left behind or lost horses in those
parts. This becomes more probable still by the
next discovery of Mr. Denman M'lntyre, in 20 deg.
S. lat. of two Ls marked in trees. Thus the course
of Leichhardt is almost established for 350 miles
further. The probability that Leichhardt, or any
of his companions, is still among the living, is
certainly very small, but 'it is not an impossibility.
If he lives, it can only be under the protection
of a tribe, and it is well known that he would
never be able to get his liberty in such a case,
kind as his treatment otherwise might be.
Morrell's account of his flight proves this
sufficiently. King, of Burke's expedition, was well
trated by the natives ; Morrell lived- with them 17
years, Buckley 30 years, an escaped convict 11
years, Kangaroo Jack also 11 years. Why should
not Leichhardt, or some of his party be in a similar
position ? At all events, if the newly-projected
expedition cannot benefit Leichhardt, science will
profit by it, no doubt. The Ladies' Committee
have addressed themselves to Queen Victoria, the
Empress Eugenie, and the Crown Princess of
Prussia for help. Why not the German Queens
and Empresses? Was Leichhardt not a German ?
—Athenmunt.

THE WILLIAM NELSON.—New York papers pub-
lish the following letter from the captain of the
French mail steamer Lafayette, to the agent of the Gene-
ral Transatlantic Company at ew York, giving an ac-
count of the rescue of some of the passengers of the ship
William Nelson, recently burnt at sea :—" June 27, at 4.30
p.m., about lat. 42 deg. 16 min., long. 52 deg. 21 min., fell
in with two boats of the ship William Nelson, burnt at
sea, and took from them 24 male and six female passengers,
including the captain of that ill-fated ship. I obtained
from him the following statement :—' I was in command
of the ship William Nelson, 1,039 tons, with a crew of
30 men. I left Antwerp on the 2d June, and Flessingen
on the 4th, with 600 tons of merchandise and 450 emi-
grant passengers, for New York. On Saturday, June 26,
at 12.30, lat. 41.21, long. 50;22 (having just taken observa-
tion), I was informed that the ship was set on, fire while
fumigating, and the flames spread so rapidly that I had
only time to order the four boats to be lowered, whieh
were immediately filled by those nearest, and finding all
efforts useless I soon followed. The scene on board was
horrible in the extreme. Next morning, at 4 o'clock, the
ship had entirely disappeared. I stood out for the north-
west, the other three boats keeping company as long as
they could: I stood south in search of the two missing
boats, and at 7.40 p.m. sighted a boat at a great distance.
Stood for her, but the Russian ship Il Mari, Capt. Adolph
Niska, having come up, the 14 passengers in the boat
were picked up by that ship, and at once transferred to the
Lafayette. I learnt from these passengers that the remain-
ing fourth boat parted from them about 4 o'clock on the
previous evening, that she contained 37 passengers, and
must be in a south-easterly direction. I stood, therefore,
in that direction, searching for her part of the night, firing
signals every five minutes, but did not succeed in discover-
ing this last boat."

THE CATTLE PLAGUE.—It will increase the appre-
hensions naturally entertained in Scotland as to the
spread of the cattle disease from the sister kingdom to know
that the " Rinderpest," or Russian plague, has broken out
in Northumberland, among the cattle on a large farm which
on one side is bounded by the Tweed, at no great distance
below Kelso. The disease appears to have beep, beyond
doubt, in this case communicated by infection from animals
brought from the continent. It appeared first among a lot
of 14 foreign cattle, which are understood to have been im-
ported by way of London. Six of these cattle have fallen
victims to the disease within a week, and five of the others
were on Saturday seriously affected. The imported cattle
were on their arrival on the farm, with unfortunate confi-
dence, put into a field along with a number of home-bred
cattle in very good condition, and in consequence three of
the latter caught the disease and had to be slaughtered.
Two other home-bred cattle, of a lot kept in an adjoining
park, have also been attacked by the plague and destroyed.
When the Tweed is as low as it has been for some time, the
cattle on opposite sides of the river, as it may be easily sup-
posed, now andthen interchange visits; and we have reason
to believe that only the other day an animal from the Scotch
side had actually strayed "over the border" into one of the
infected fields. Of course nothing may come of this accident;
but, if anything should, the incident ought to be taken as
another lesson that a disease, against the spread of which
it is impossible to guard when it is once in the country,
must henceforth be by all possible means kept out.--
Scctsman.

BRINGING SHEEP TO MARKET.—As good mutton
as was ever brought to market is now sold in this
city at 20c. per lb. ; beef continues at 30c. The decline in
the price of mutton is due to the fact that large droves la°
on their way hither from Texas. The tmacticability of
driving sheep such a great distance has been 4 fully proved
by experience. Three years ago large droves of sheep wee°
driven to this city from the Rio Grande, and the sheep sr'
rived here in better condition than when they hfit. Thel
are driven across a country which, at this season of the,
year, is one great rich meadow, with frequent ponds °I
fresh water and salt lakes and marshes, and thus, by 05/
,marches and careful herding, arrive here in much better,
condition than the poor, imprisoned, crowded inmates 0.1
steamboats and flatboats, which get nothing to eat on WO
voyage but dry hay. What is thus done with sheep WI
also be done with cattle ; and these droves of sheep Isri
prove the avant courriers of like droves of fine, fat and delli
ciously flavoured beeves from the musquit pastures °
Texas.—New Orleans Picayune.
A SAMPLE FROM A LANCASHIRE MILL.rII!
--
Registrar of Preston, in his return for the last quart of
notes that in it he registered the death, through old Mice
a Lancashire woman aged 100 years. She had been .15v,'„d
married, each time to a cotton weaver, and herself wor'",
in a cotton factory as a reeler, &c., up to her 85th year. .4*-"
100 she could 800 to read without spectacles,