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opposed to the extension of railways; "that, indeed, within the last fifty years, the two most famous "Universities (or bodies of Literate) " in England had petitioned
" Parliament against railways being allowed to approach Oxford and "Cambridge, but that all such
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"obstructions and prejudices
& prejudices had
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"now
n:on been swept away; that the
benefits conferred by railways.
and telegraphe
were now
universally recognized in Europe, as, I hoped, would soon be the
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case also in China","
Greater progress has
been made of late in this respect than could have been reasonably
expected even in last November. Already, the telegraph extends overland from leking to Canton; and it has lately been carried from Canton to the Province of m Yunan, which touches the "French conquests in Tonquin. And
new
now it is officially stated that an Lishing chang has procured the consent of the Imperial Government
to