Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Telegraphy, Cultural Geography

Publications cited:

Constitutional

    Argues that the reason why the 'Electric Telegraph makes no progress in France' is because 'it can be worked in all weather, and at a moment's notice', unlike the 'wooden telegraph', a communication technique widely adopted in France, which has the 'superiority of being stopped suddenly' by clouds and darkness. Explains that eminent Frenchmen, such as Adolphe Thiers and King Louis-Phillipe, appreciate these advantages because they would rather not have the means of 'communicating in a direct line with the Bourse'.