The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-10-20

and make one grand and central Empire, which
shall control the destinies Of Europe. The King
Of Saxony. and also the King Of Bavaria. are
both reported 10 have abdicated rather than
hold allegiance 10 the Emperor of Prussia. This
Is probably Just what was desired.
1t is difficult to tell from the dispatches re-
eeiyed just what the boundaries Of the new Ger
man Empire Will be but there seems very little
reason to doubt that it will include S~chleswig-
Holstein. Hanover, Saxony and Bavaria, rs well
as the other smaller States which she has con-
quered. Bismark, it i said, claims all these by
right of conquest.
Between Austria and Italy there appears TO be
some hitch in settling the terms of peace. Eene-
tia, which during the war had been coded by
Austria To France, has again been ceded by
Austria to Italy Thy what right does not appear
clear as YET, as France should have a word 10 say
about it, Italy and Prussia, however. deny the
right Of France to interfere in any way. The
debt Ok Nenetia is large, and Austria demands
that Italy shall assume it. The amount Of the
debt was what created some dispute, the former
power claiming that certain expenses Of the war
should be added n the actual debt. Italy and
Prussia Indignantly rejected the proposition. If
this debt question is amicably settled, peace will
probably be established, if it has not already
been, and Venetia will become part Of the king
dom of Italy.
The Atlantic Cable-the old as well as the
new one, both being in operation-is said to
work admirably. No obstruction has been found
To exist, and the electric fluid seems to pass
through it as perfectly as on the land lines. The
transmission of four thousand words during
twelve hours is now nothing unusual, and the
cable is worked to its utmost capacity, day and
night, so great is the demand for its use. 1t is
not unlikely that $3.50 words can be sent
through during each "a hours, which, at five
dollars per word, makes an annual income for
the Company, estimating only 500 days TO the
year, of tgelre millions IF dollars. The cost of
operating it is "a mere trile. As yet. the only
American papers which receive European tele-
grams are the New York Herald, Times and
1riJune,-these papers paying for all their dis
patches at the rate of five dollars per word.
Already plans are on foot to lay another cable
from Portugal to America, via the Azores, the
distance by which route is 2,l00 miles, or 800
more than by the Newfoundland route. In ten
years from now there will be IA dozen telegraphs
working between Europe and America.
Elsewhere in our columns we notice the arrival
of Queen DOwager EMMA at San Francisco on the
9th ult, She was received with a royal salute,
escorted to the Occidental Hotel. where ele-
CANT apartments had been prepared for her. Our
Consul, Chas. L. Hitchcock. ESD, c.. W. Brooks
and others, appear to have spared no pains or
expense to do honor to Her Majesty. y war
vessel had been rendered to bring her to Homo
lulu, whenever she was ready to leave. 1t is
however, that one Of the :. double-end-
ers, >. and not the Vanderbilt. would come. This
new class of war vessels are small gunboats,
which were built expressly for use on the
rivers. BY being constructed so as to
steam either ,cdy. with rudders at each end, they
return without having t. turn around il
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