The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-30 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

Five girls, from 14 to 22 years of age, were charged with
vesting a serious riot in St. Luke's Workhouse, Chelsea,
breaking a great number of windows, and violently assault-
ing the master and matron.
Last year the inmates of St. Luke's were permitted to
haves holiday on " boxing day," but in consequence of the
gross misbehaviour of the younger paupers, the indul-
gence was curtailed this Christmas to those above 60
years of age, who were, as usual, permitted to visit
their friends. The females who lay under the prohibition
began to exhibit symptoms of discontent, which ulti-
mately broke out in a must disgraceful riot. Some
windows were broken on the night of Friday, and
the muter was engaged in reading prayers after supper,
when the matron hail occasion to reprove one of the
paupers for misconduct, upon which one of the defendants
rushed upon her, and struck her a violent blow on the face,
forcing her at the same time most dangerously towards the
fireplace. This was the signal for • general outbreak.
Execrations sod disorder ensued, and a furious attack was
made upon the master, who was much disfigured in the
face from the fury of his female assailants. Defendants
and others armed themselves with stones from one of the
yards, and es the matron retreated from the dining to the
store room, a volley was discharged at the windows by
which she had to pass, accompanied by the most disgusting
and filthy epithets. The police arrived after a riot of
something like three quarters of an hour's duration, and
order was restored.

Mr. A.7.oiiZiened that this case was of too serious •
nature for hint to dispose of it suntmiuily ; he should send
the accused for trial.

I COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—On Satard!y morning a
melancholy occurrence took place at Lord Ward's colliery,
known ea the " Trough Pits." A " banful " of men and
boys was being lowered down one of the pits, when an
elderly man, also engaged at the pit, probably not being
aware of the immediate proximity of the pit's mouth, fell
down the shalt and in the fall his body striking with great
violence the descending skip, two of them (a young man
and a boy) were knocked out, and precipitated to the bot-
tom tithe shaft. The bodies, on being brought out of the
pit, wow hand to be Sadly mutilated.
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The returns from the following places did not reach this
efilce in time for publication yesterday; they therefore
indicate tho state of the weather on Saturday morning at
sine o'clock.

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SUPPOSED ROBBERY AND 'MURDER AT CAMBER-
watt.—Yesterday evening, an inquest, adjourned from
Friday last, was resumed and concluded before Mr. Baker
at the Prince of Wales, Buxton-street, Mile-end New-
town, on view of the body of William Helmer, aged 60,
late a traveller in the establishment of Messrs. Grey and
Cu., No. 71, King William-street, who 11, supposed to have
been knocked down and robbed by some men at Camber-
well, and to have died of the injuries inflicted on that occa-
sion —Mr. E. Wood, of the establishment of Messrs. Grey
and Co., stated that deceased was at his usual duties on
Saturday week last, when he was in good health. On
Monday following witness received a now from him, dated
the Police Station, Camberwell, in which he observed that
he was in difficulty. Witness found him at the Police
Court, and that he bad been fined 103. 6d., which
he advanced for him. Deceased informed him that he
had been knocked down and robbed. He laid a wound at
the back part of the head. John Menden, porter at the
Metropolitan Lodging House, Buxton-street, said that de-
ceased was a lodger last Tuesday. Witness went to his
room and knocked at the door. Witness heard that he was
in the room. This was between seven and eight o'clock in
the morning. Witness went again at eleven o'clock, but
got no answer. The next morning he rapped at tho door,
after which he looked through a window, when he saw
him in a chair. Witness burst the door open, and disco-
vered that deceased was dead. He had been in bed. In-
spector Briddlc, of the P division, deposed that about two
o'clock on the morning of that day week (plonday), he
saw the deceased leaning against the Red Lion, adjoining
Camberwell-gate. He asked him where he was going to,
when he replied, "To the City." He further stated that
he had been at the Half Moon, Denmark-hill, and that after
leaving there, while in the valley, he observed two or three
men following him. Ho was knocked down by them
and robbed of 31. He observed that he re-
ceived a blow on his head. There was a wound at
the back part of his head, and a quantity of blood had
flowed front it. His clothes were muddy. He was taken
to the station, and as he was in liquor, and incapable of
taking care of himself, he was charged with being intoxi-
cated. A surgeon was sent for, who dressed the wound.
The same day he was taken before the magistrate and fined
10s. 6d., the amount of the surgeon's bill. In answer to
the coroner and jury, the witness added that the Red Lion
is about three miles from the Half Moon. Witness subse-
quently made inquiries at the Half Moon, and learnt that
deceased was there on the afternoon of Sunday, and that he
left about 9 o'clock at night. lie had not been able to
ascertain anything about the men alluded to by deceased.
Mr. Champneys, who attended deceased at the police. station,
stated that he had made apost-rnortemexamination of the body.
There was a diagonal wound at the back of the head, and
in removing the bony covering, he found, in a correspond-
ing position with that injury, a quantity of blood effused.
The brains adjoining were also in a state of inflammation.
He attributed death to these causes. There was a mark un-
der the breast as if deceased had received a blow, and his
left eye was blackened. The jury returned a verdict,
" That death was caused by a wound on the back of the
head, causing inflammation and effusion on the brain, but
by what means these were caused there was not sufficient
evidence to the jury to show." 'The coroner observed that
ho had no doubt that the police would • snake every inquiry
into the case.

Pasts AND LYONS RAILWAY.—A new concession
for the completion of this line is to be granted on Saturday
next. The total capital is to be 8,000,0001. The terms of
the concession are a lease of 99 years, a guarantee of 4 per
cent. per annum during 50 years, upon the entire capital of
8,000,0001., from the completion of the undertaking. At
the cod of fifteen years from the latter event, one-half the
net profits above 8 per cent. per annum will belong to the
state. The payment by the company of 4,400,0001. to the
state as the purchase money of the works from
Paris to Chalons, and the reimbursement of 160,0001.
expended on the works south of Chalons, is to be
made in the following manner—namely, 400,0001. on receiv-
ing the concession, 400,0001. more on taking possession of
the line, 960,0001. at the end of 16.52, and the remainder
2,800,0001., in annual payments commencing in 1853, extend-
ing over a period of some years, and chargeable with inte-
rest at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. Ihe length of the
line from Paris to Lyons is 325 miles, of which 44 miles,
from Paris to Chalons, have been open for traffic since
the Ist of June last. The remaining portion of
the line, from Chalons to Lyons, 81 miles in
length, is to be completed by the new company.
The original estimate of the coat of the entire line amounted
to 8,000,0001., bet that amount has been already expended
on the section between Paris and Chalons. The French
government has also expended about 160,000/. on the
remaining section between Chalons and Lyons, which sec-
tion, with other matters, is estimated to cost 3,600,0001.,
including the 160,0004, to be reimbursed to the state. In
ceder to obtain the extension of the line to Lyons, the
government intended to concede the section from Paris
to Chalons, upon which 8,000,0001. has been expended,
Per 4,400,0001., so that the company will have to provide
8,000,0001., of which 2,400,0001. is to be borrowed. The
receipts on the line from Paris to Chalons, since its opening
in June to the 22nd of November last, amounted to 671,1121., being at the rate of 2,8201. per mile per annum. Of the
total amount received 609,1121. was for passengers, and but
162,0001. for goods, in consequence, as it is alleged, of the
arrangements for the latter being imperfect. The receipts
for goods on the Paris and Orleans, the Paris and Rouen,
and the Northern Railways being about the same as that
for passengers, it is estimated that when the arrangements
the completed the gross traffic on that section will not be
lam than 3,840/. per mile, or 936,0001. per annum. The
traffic from Chalons to Lyons is estimated at 2,5601. per
mile, or 208,0001. per annum—together, 1,144,0001. The
working expenses are estimated at 514,8001., or 45 per cent.,
leaving 619,20 W. per annum as the estimated net revenue,
beinag *sisal to 9 per cent. on the proposed capital of
4,600,0001., alter paying 5 per mot. on the 2,400,0001. pro-
posed to be borrowed.