LATER ENGLISH NEWS.

\>\ the iiim.il ul the ' (Jieat llntiin' ste.uuer at Melbourne on tho evening of the 2l>th of May, wo arc in possession of files of English ]mi»(>jh ii)) to the 2!)th March, beiu^; eight di>s liter than (hoso lccciTod hy tho l.ite iSu< / m.iil l''iom them we malco the follovvlug «\ttaota : —

ANOTHER MANIAC! AT WINDSOR CASTLE. ttecontly tlio authorities at Windsor Castle receivoil a Icttei from an American gentleman, stating that on Saturday, the '22nd Miirch, ho would arnvo t»t tho paLioe at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, with +he ob|oct of claiming eoit.un rights. I'tmcttiilly to tho moment tho gentleman in question made his appeal aneo, and, of course, was lecened by tho pohco odicor on duty. Ho claimed hei Most (iiacious Maiesty as his mothci, and alleged tU it, when a, hoy in Germany, tho (Jiiucn had informed him of tho fact. When told* that if ho remained theie ho would probably bo placed m a lunatic asylum for his life, ho intimated his intention of at onco roturning to America. A pohco constable took him to tho .South-western station, and saw him off by the 4.15 p m ti am Tho poor follow wild ho should visit Westminster Abboy on Sunday, go to Hampton Court on Tuesday, and then icturn to New York.

WHO PROFIT MOST WY THE COAL FA MINI: PRICES 1 ' The l,i<<li Mei<ur<i wiitos — " Wo hohovo th it Uioie nrc it le.ist 'JO, Mill I tuns i«E .oil consumed m tho borough ot Li'ods ovtiy week. Evoiy shilling advance, then, petton, of course means LI, 000, and aa there lias been put on by tho eoalowneis not leas than l()s. per ton .ill louud, thia repiesentH 110,000 por weok, or more than half a million por yoai ' Now, into wlioic pockets dooi this enormous extia sum go '' Whit piopoition of this do the woilving colliois receive, .ind what tho coalowniMS ' If tho former got one-tenth, this would amount to only LoO.OOO out of tho 1500,000, ao that CI.">(>,00<) u\tra [irolifc, on whit was a roasonablo prolit before, is being diawu I mm the pockets of tho general inanufactuior, tiaduinien, tho working clasioa, and the pooi of Loads, to swell tho hoaid of tho eo.il pioprioturs."

SENTENCE ON A CLERGYMAN. At York, on the 21th March, the Hew Vyvyan Heury Moyle, late Vic.tr of Eaton, near Middlesbrough, was brought up for sentence, he having pleaded guilty to forging and uttctiu^ at .Notuianby, on tlio 10th. Dcoembor last, aeiip certificates, purpoitmg to bo of the iirm of Jaokson, (Jill, and Co. (Limited), for the amount of between £11,000 .uuU 12, 000. Lot d Chief Justice Bovill conoluded an impressive aJdiosa by saying, "It is impossible for me to regard tho cncumstantes othoiwiso than as Hhowing tho utmost delibciatiou and most ingenious mothod of concealment , and, aftoi carefully considering tho caso, tho conclusion 1 h.ive come to is that no loss a soutence can bo pionouncod than that of seven years' penal soivitudo." 'Ibo pusoner, who was up pa leutly overcome by emotion, 'was then 10moved fiom the dock.

EXECUTION OF MRS. (JOT TON. This criminal, who was found guilty of wilfully imu doling hor stop-son, Kdward Cotton, at West Auckland, on the I2th July, 187-, waa hung at Durham on Monday, tilth Match last. At 10 minutes to S o'clock the i muliled sound of tho death hell rang thiough \ tho budding. Piecisoly as the ol >ck tttuck 8 tho prisoner and hoi attendants left the part of tho building whoio hor cell was .situated Tho Under Sheriff was accompamod by several gaol oflieuln and Caleraffcandhisassistant, with t%vo femalo warders. The prisoner ■was dressed in a black stuff gown, with a black and-whito check shawl tluown over her shouldors, and so fastened ui front as to hide the pinioning straps. As she loft tho cell she said, " Heaven is my home," and on her way to tho scaffold was continually monnniy and niuttt,) 1114 piayets. When she reached the drop aha trembled perceptibly, and never ceased hor dorotions. Having strapped hor legs together, Calcraft withdrew to the patt where tho handle of the bolt was placed. The unhappy woman clasped her hands closa to h<r hi east, murmured 111 an under tone, " Loid.havo nieioy on my soul," and 111 a moment tho bolt was diawn by Calcraft' s assistant.

WIKE MURDER IN BUCKS. On Monday, 21th March, a dreadful murdor was found to have beon committed in the villago of Oving, Aylcsbury, the victim being a woman named Mary Ann Evans, wifo of Henry Evans, a pis; and cattle dealer. It appears that llemy Evans, the husband, has of late given way to dissolute habits, and that the deceased has had to support him (Juarrote have taken place between thorn, owing to his having contracted dobts which she has had to pay. On Saturday morning the husband went to the house of his fathoi, and said that his wife had gone away and locked up the house The huaband stayod at his father's house on Satin day night, and on Sunday. On M»nday morning ho wont away in his pony and cait, saying ha was going to a noighbouiing village. About 4 o'clock m the aftornoon it was determinod to break into the hou »o dining the absence of the husband; this «j» eonBL'(|ueutly done, and a hornble sight pisson tud itsolf. Mrs. Evans lay in tho passage with her throat out and her head dreadfully batteicd, and quite dead. A laigo table knife with blood upon it, and a pokor with blood and hairj upon it, wero found m the hou.so. The police at once bogan to scoui the couutiy in heivroh of the husband, and ho was apprehended as ho was duviug lu tho direction ot Oving. Blood was found upon some of his clothing left in tho house. Upon bsing charged ho said ho should toll all about it. The prisoner was lemanded until after tho inquest.

DKATII FROM WRESTLING. Mr Drilheld, county coroner, hold an inquest afc Inco, near Wigan, on thu body of a collier, named James Mulling, of Abpull, who died on Tuesday, the '25th Match, from injuries icceivcd while wrestling at the luce Recreation gioumls on Monday. Deceased went to the gi omuls when in a stato of intoxication to sco a wrestling match. He challenged a man namod Hoyo8, who unwillingly coiiBented A tr.unor, n.uiiud Acton, who gnvo evidence, s.vid he saw deceased stuppod and about to engage with Heyo8. Hoyc8 got at tho back of deceased, threw him, and put "full Nelson" on. This meant tliat Ileyes got behiud hia opponent, put his arms under tho amis of deceased, and his hands at the luck of Ins n«ck in older to tlnow htm over. Whon lleyes ioso decoasid lay still. A man named Aihntst pulled at his neck until it cracked, and he then spoke and was iomoved. " Nolson" hud always been allowed in tho Lancashire style of wroHthrg , it was contained in tho articles, and thi-to was nothing improper about it. Witness never heaid of any person's neck being put out by it befoie, and them was nothing unfan in Heyes's conduct. Mi. Unwin, suigeon, said that, on examining the spine he found two of the vertebra' fraetimul and dislocated Theio was no doubt tlio mjuiy had been caused by tho hcul bfing virtlently flexed on to the chest ; but if tho " Nelson" gup did this it would have to bo put on by a veiy .stiung man Th" |iuy returned a verdietof " Death fioin misadvontute," and censured the conduct of Heyea in wroathng with a diunken niau.

WORK AND WAC.IsS. The Li xi/iool Miicunj of tlio "J'Jtli March wntos -" Yostorday morning soveial hundreds of collicrH employed in tho Kannvoitli, Littlo II niton, and Worslcy diHtnct Htiuck work. When tho special ruloa friunod undoi tho Mines Regulation Act woro road over to thcMii they objected to tho 3l)tli and 41th rules, which stipulate that tho men shall stop down tho mines a cot tain number of hours, and that they sh ill pi op then voi kin^ places ; and they i of mod to dcBceiid the pits until tlio oltnoMiius rul"R weio abolished. It is feared tint tho Htiiko will oxtc nd to tho Wigan distiiet, as thero is a strong opp'iaitiou to tho rules m tho whole of tho Laucishiro ooalliolds. A strike » imtniuont in tho Bouth Stairordthne and LOast Worcostorahiro coalt»»ae. A fortuigUt ago tho mon gave

nolico for Is. per day advance on then \\ a (»<>«. Yesterday mot mug a large m» oting «>f colliery propi tutors was bold in Dudley, Lout l>ndliyi agent ptesiding, when it w.n unanimously icbolvud that no advance wli.it ever should bo given to the men. The price of coal, UC>s., will remain unaltered. I lie whole (jf the mcmbeis of tho South Vorkshne ('olliciy Operativo Association, nuin beting :i,(M)l), have threatened to btuke today for an advance of l."> per cent. The railway employes over the North-oastein line aie agitating for <v gcnui.il advance of Ih. a week m wayes, irrespective of trade 01 length of set vice. They also seek a reduction of hours, douMepay foi Sunday duty, and compensatton for mjui ics sustained in discharging then duties. At Birmingham the servants of tho (Jreat Western, Midland, and London and North-westein I'ailways arc complaining loudly .it not having received any answei to thm memoi ids fiom the employers. Tho en men of Mossis. Ciowley and Co. and 1'nkfoid ami Co have joined in the agiti turn Strikes and lock-outs have recommenced in the midland counties m.conse<|iienoo of tho appeal for HU. a. wook , and a Kieat migration movement hasi 3et in .Several hundred labouroii ataitcd for (Queensland yesterday fiom IJuckinghamHhire, and a largo party l«ft Oxfordshire for the Noith. In a few cases the wages hare boon met eased "

THE ASHANTEE WAJl. Telegrams have mfoinaed us of tho outl)ioak of this wai Mr .lames F. Hutton writes to thu AI<in<lf t>'i (Uimihun, on Maich j '_>(. as follows respecting? it "Sir,— Enclosed is .111 i \tnu.t ot alittci luccivcil fnmi tho Capo Coast. This is tho thud tinio daring tho last 20 years that tho King of Ashantct has iuvadod British territory, and thieateued to drive us oil the ooastof Africa : — 'Thero 18 vory serious novrs from Cape Coast about tho Aahanteca. I fo.u it la all up with the Fantoos Anamabuc and all the great palm oil places down as far as Winnebah must bo taken by the Ashantees. Cape Coast and Elimiia thoy will also attack, but both arc too woll fortified. Accra will possibly be saved by its open country, but nothing else will sa\e us, as funk, is only lampant oven here. The British authorities at Cape Coast and at Accia are tu blame for all this. The Governor refused to belioTO that tho Aahantee? had even crossed tho Prah, much less that they meant war. Tho latest news leads in to bohevo that tho Ashantees will be nt Cape Coast on 1st March. All tiado is at an end. The Connnaudant at Accia says ho has no power to act or to assist tho Accras in any way, although the merchants have boon paying over C 1,500 per mouth into the chest for duties during tho last twelve months, and not ono penny benefit havo we received therefrom in return. Ua prepared to hear ahoitly of some awful catastrophe. Wo are uttoily defenceless hero. All tho forta are in utttM nun, and not a single gun mounted in either, and only 30 soldiers aud no oiliceis hern."'

THE HANK FRAUDS. A telegram from Now York, dated March •27, says that Austin I'.ulwoll, alias Warren, is kept in eloso confinement at Havana Arrangements havo been m.ule to send him hack to London, in charge of English police oflicore. Valuables amounting to £70,000 were found in Bidwcll'a possession. 'J'he valuables which were in the possession of McDonnell have been secured. Edwm Noycs, charged witli being concerned in the gre.it bank forgeries, was again brought upbetoic the Lord Mayor on Maivh 28. Evidence was giron that tho accused waa known as Ilorton, opened an account at tho Continental Bank with a payment of €700, and .iftorwards piid in bills on Baling Brothers and on Schroeder and (Jo. a cheque on tho liank of England, signed F. A. Wan en, and ilJ.OOO in notes I he prisoner Noyea was introduced by Ilorton as hn confidential clerk, but was not allowed to draw cheques. On the day before the prisoner's arrest two cheques for et',,000 and £2,. r >()() wore paid in by the priHonoi, who afterwards came with a cheque for £5,000, drawn by Horton, which ho wished paid m foreign money. Ho was then givun into enstody. Prisoner was again romanded. Threo persons, one of them a lady, have been arrested at Liego on suspicion of being conuootcd with the bank forgeries George Bidwcll, who stands cliaiged with complicity in the forgeries, is still at large Jlo i« supposed to bo in Ireland, and to have narrowly escaped capture on Sunday. As ho had to cut and run on Ins pai amour, Ellen Vernon, being surprised and arrested at the Euston square station with 12,700 in gold in her possession, ,1 belief is pievalent that he is without means, and will soon be arrested.

Mil PLIMSOLL'S DISCLOSURES. One subject of tho lirat importance has been brought uiuler consideration ef the Impeual Parliament by Mr. Plimsoll, the mombcr for Dei by, who has obtained the appointment of a Kojal commission to inquno into the condition of our conimorci.il marine, and certain practices connected with it. Tho questions ho raises vitally atlect the liononi of ono section ot tho community, and .110 supported by disclosures bo scandalous that it has been impossible to resist mqiniy. If ho ,penks tiuly, tlw lives of thousands of seamen mo sacnliccd to the recklessness and cruel greed of shijouneis and merchants Mi. Plimaoll has foi a long time past directed attention to tlua subject, and been occupied in tho collection of facts. Just before tho opening of tho session, ho published and widely distributed a book entitled "Our Seamen : An Appeal," which he dedicated "to tho Lady gracious and kind, who, seeing a labouror working in the i am, sent him her nig to wtap about his shoulders"— that is, to tho Queen. It is a rolunie propared with the utmost caro, bristling with facts and figures, and, to make the ca^ocleaiei, fortiliedby photographs of docu meats and by other illustrations beaung on the.ir.nment it first proves, from unimpeachable authorities, that a vast number of shipwrecks occur which might be prevented, especially in tho coasting trade and ou tho shortor voyages, fiom overloading, from undoi manning, from known unaeaworthi- ' ness, fiom tho use of old shipa tit only to l>o broken up, and other causes. It shows also that tho anderwi iteis take each only so imall a risk on each ship that they have no Rtrong motivo of lnquiiy, and that the temptation to ovei-insuie and defraud is common, and it points out that tho present law is unequal to tho protection of tho seaman, wlio piefois the penis of the sea to tho h"»al naks ho must run in order to defend himself. Mf Plimsoll's indignation, in which every reader must to soino extent shaii, HOim times leads him apparently to linputo to design what is more probably duo to solhsh recklessness and tierce commeieial competition In ono passage his allusions assume a \ery pointed form. Mr. Plimsoll is undoistood to havo entered the Houso of Commons clneily with the pm pose ot bringing this subject forwaid. lie relates how he met u member in tho lobby who had thio itened to oppose one of Inn bills " I),) you expect ymi bill Will come on to^ night '" said this man. " Yes, ] hope 80." " i am M>i 1 3 lor tli.it, as I hive a dinner eng moment, but I should not liko to bo absent " " 1 think you should not bo absuit,' was the leply." "Why" fmid the other simply "Because," said Mr. Plimsoll, "I m ly havo to tell tho Houso of a nnn whose nuuejou will he.u in any cotfie house exchuigo in Yai mouth, Hull, Scarborough, Whilby, 1'ieke.ung, Klytho, Sluolds, Vnvcistle, .Sundcil uid, oi in any port on tho Noith east i oast, as ono notoiious for o\cesiire and habitual ovoi loading, and a reckless dmeuard for human life, who has lost seven ocean-going steamers, and drownod more than a hundicd men in le.ss than two years, and whose name I havo myself seen as ono of those whoso ships insurance brokers at Lloyd's atlongthwainthc underwriters they will" not ship goods in, befoie the underwriters will tako a line upon them, and I may have to tell the House that tint man 13 tho member for ." Mr. Phmsoll adds m his book, "I thought tho man would have faulted. Ho ausweied novcr a word.' He gives sotno other details, and describes a subsequent encounter with another inembor, but does not inontion any names. Identification, how over, would not be difficult to those familiar with tho northern ports, or

with tho records of th« Houia of Commone. Accoidmtjly, early in the session, one abipownor in tho IIou8«, to whom no suipiuon attached, called attention, iu the interest of other shipowners, to the book, and raised tho question of pririloge, mowng, " That to accuse in * printed book, inciiiburs of thn House of grievous otloiicua, and threaten thorn with further exposure it thoy take pait in its dubatos, is highly reprehensible and injurious to the honour aud dignity of this House." Mr. Plunsoll at once offered the most ample apology, expressing his regret that in the earnoitnoss with which ho nought help for tho helpless, coupled with his inexperience, he should have left anyone room to doubt that for the Home ho entertained tho very highost respect. The House instinctively showed that it did not consider tho subject ono for further discussion. There was a little scene when another member arose, who thought himself peisonally implicated, but tho usolution was withdrawn. A court of l.iw is the proper court of appeal against such charges, as far as they concern any individual ; and it was stated in the IIouso that actious for libol had been commenced by two of the mombers to whom reference ia made. Surely, Mr. Plinuoll must desire that every charge should bo substantiated or abandoned. He has himself taken care to explain that he does not accuse the great body of shipowners, but only a fraudulent few. As soon as it was known that legal proceedings would be takeu, Mr. Phmaoll's friends came quickly to his help. Chores wore n«nt him unsolicited from varioui quarters, and, although ho piotcatcl that ho waa prepared to stand his ground alone, he was at last persuaded to alltfw a Defence Fund to be formed, but only on one condition, that ho and Mrs Plimsoll should bo allowed to contubuto 11,1)00 (the preparation and distribution of his book having already coat another 1 1,500), aud that all the mon»y aubsenbed above tho necessary expenses should be divided among the orphans and widows of shipwrecked seamen. It is probable that a large sum will bo raised.