The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-05
.FORRIGN SUMMARY.


III Our foreign mail summary is made I'M to
the 21st ultimo. Strikes have taken place al
five of the cotton mills at Preston, aud the
! number Of persons out of work is three thous.
and. In some OF the mills the strike is onlv
partial, and o number of hands socutansfSS "a
i'sTork. The masters have decided ON not no.
cepting arbitration, and nneny % them sYs sa;a
to bs Of opinion that in the present depre ssed
state of the manufacture they would best con :
suit their own interests by entirely closin o
their mills. A grand religious service had
been performed in the Cathedral Of Madrid in
honor of Lamartine. Advices from Copenha-
| gen, Denmark, state that the marriage OF tn @
frnoe Royal will be celebrated on July 81. The
Gaulois states that preparations for Carlst
rlslng are being made in Spain. The ministry
ls ABOUT to propose measures Of public safety
TO prevent the recurrence OF disturb ances.
The Londen papers have full descriptions
OF the University boat race. Oxford had the
lead at fret, but in half dozen strokes tho
Cantabs, rowing eighty-three strokes TO OK
ford's thirty-seven, had sent the nose Of their
boat to the fore, and then commen ced an un-
usually severe struggle for the mastery.
Gradually yet surely the Cantabs increased
their yet as trifiing lead, till they were a quar-
ter OF length in front; they gave each other
wide berth, and while the Cantabs inch by
inch drew farther away, the Oxford captain
was cool and collected, and did not attempt to
accelerate his stroke. The boats passed Rose
Bank with the Cantabs three-querters Of q
length in front, but they soon showed signs of
hagging. Oxford crept slowly up and passed
the Cambridge boat at Chiswick From this
to the finish the Cambridge 1owi ng was o
series Of gallant and almost superhuman ef-
forts 10 alter the tide Of fortune; but it was
destined that they should suffer their ninth
defeat. The Oxonians rowed under Barnes
Bridge, two-and-a half lengths ahead in six
teen minutes ten seconds, being by several
seconds the quickest University race ON record.
"A dreadful catastrophe occurred in Paris
on the 17th ult. M. Fontaine, chemical
manufacturer, had lately invented new kind
OF explosive powder, which was to be used in
marine torpedoes. Wishing to take away
specimen Of the most explosive substance that
entered into the article-piorate of potassa-a
workman, it is conjectured, accidentally lot fall
few particles Of the chemical Treading on
the scattered grains he made them explode,
setting the mandatory ON fire and blowing
him to atoms. The flames spread to the other
perilous materials. and in O moment the build
ing was rent to pieces. Two human bodies
hurled forward were dashed against an iron
bench on the opposite side of the street, and
were broken into pieces by the violence Of the
shock, some OF the bleeding limbs striking
the fronts OF the shops, while PARTICLES of
human brains penetrated into room in the
second floor through D window which was
shattered by the detonation. The head one
of the victims had been launched into the 'Rue
Victor Cousin, opposite the mandatory. The
number Of. persons injured is set down at hE-
teen. The body Of M. Fontaine's son was the
least mutilated Of the four victims, as those OF
the others were reduced to fragme nts; pieces
Of flesh in the state of pulp were found in the
trees which line the foot pavement; others ad-
hared to the houses opposite, or were scatter
ed about the square, and had to be collected
with shovels; shoe containing three toes of
foot was also projected to the Boulevard st.
Michel.