The Sun.
London, England, 1869-08-06 00:00:00

AMERICA AND SPAIN.

Fifteen gunboats which were being constructed in New
York for the Spanish Government have been seized by
the United States Marshal for violation of the neutrality
laws. Officers have also been sent to Mystic, Connecticut,
where there are fifteen more boats. These seizures are
made, it is said, on the representations of the Peruvian
Minister, but it is thought probable that the real object
is to preserve strict impartiality in Cuban affairs. It is
believed in New York that the American Minister at
Madrid has been instructed to negotiate for the indepen•
dence of Cuba, an armistice being proclaimed, and Spain
receiving an indemnity in Cuban bonds endorsed by the
United States. At a Democratic mass meeting, held in New
York, to denounce President Grant's Administration, one of
the principal charges brought against the Government was
that of aiding the Spaniards to subdue the Cubans. The
Cuban Insurgent Junta at New York intend, it is said,
to try shipping their goods from a Southern port; but it
is likely that the vigilance of the Government will defeat
this intention.

CHINESE IN THE SOUTH.
The Southern planters think that they have at last dis-
covered a solution of the problem left them by the war
and the abolition of slavery. The negroes, never very
fond of work, have been very unwilling to supply by
voluntary and paid labour the vacancy left by tho extinc.
tion of involuntary servitude, while the white immigrants
of the poorer classes who move southwards expect to be
owners of the land, not cultivators for others. The want
of labour has, therefore, been very severely felt, and a con-
vention has been held at Memphis to discuss the question.
The remedy suggested is coolie emigration. The coolies
will, it is thought, be docile and industrious,and will restore
to the planter his lost supremacy in the cotton cultivation.
The Southern press is strongly in favour of the movement,
but public opinion in the North is divided on the subject.
Nevertheless, ICoopmanschaap is the hero of the hour.
This worthy is a Dutchman who, having prospered in
San Francisco, began in 1861 to import Chinese labourers.
Thirty thousand Chinese have, it is said, found their way
into California by his aid, a service for which

the Californians at least do not thank him. He
proposes to import 1C0,030 coolies into the Southern
States within a year, though in the present condition of
the ex-Confederacy it will he no easy matter to find
supplies for such an army. The friends of the negro view
the threatened importation with great disfavour, and some
persons look on the movement with as a revival
of the slave system in another. form. The coolies are,
however, to be free and protected in their labours, the only
.tipulation beins. that they shat I not break their contract with
theiremployers. Koopmanschaap and his friends intended
holding a pul lie meeting in New York to advocate the
movement, but found that public opinion was not suffi-
ciently favourable. The cotton interest, however, strongly
supports the scheme, since there is reason to apprehend
the total decline of American supremacy over the
cotton markets of the world unless this labour question be
speedily raljusted and the Southern cotton plantation once
more fully cultivated.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN.
pp Sole Lessee and Manager, BARRY SULLIVAN
Vast Night of "The School for Scandal" and of the
Summer Season.

EVERY EVENING, at 7.30, the very laughable farce of THE
SMOKED MISER.

At 8 o'clock. Sheridan's inimitable Comedy of THE SCHOO
FOR SCANDAL. Supported by the following celebrated
artistes :—Bars y Sullivan, J. C. Cowper, C eorge H oney, W. H.
Stephens. Charles Coglan, D. Evans, Lin Payne, A. Bernard,
E. Dyns and W. Arthur; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Jane
Rignold, Miss Louisa Thorne, Miss Amy Fawsitt, and Mrs.
Charles Horsman

Acting Manager—AmoitY SCLLIVAN.

I, OYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole T essee and Manageress, Mrs Swanhoroneh.

THIS EvENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BBE \ KERS: Mr
Cl trke.
Followed by THE TOODLES: Mr Clarke.
After which. JOAN OF ARC: Vessrs Thorne. James. Per-
ton, Turner, Chamberlaine: ATP,iftlTP.lll,iton. L. Maitlnnti, kr.
To conclude Rlth THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL. Mr.
D. James.