CONVENTION, 24th Nov. Tue communicated ' article which we published on Monday morning on the uso-Chinese Telegraph Convention of 25th August last, and 'Anti-monopoly's' letter published yesterday morning have, we may well conclude, given our readers a mach closer faequaintance with the details of the question than they had before. As to the Convention itself, its fate seems to oefstill in the balance. We have been informed on excellent authority that it has been ratified at Peking and only requires the formal approval of the Czar; we are also informed yn excellent authority that it has yt been ratified at Peking, and that Mr. O'Conor arrival at the capital in time to prevent its ratification: Snéng Taotai himself appears to be con~ fident that it will come into operation, for we understand that the Chinese telegraph offices are already supplied with the new tariff, &c., which the Convention imposes. The article which we ' published'on Monday morning is the statement of the case for the Chinese, who
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