The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-11 00:00:00

THE RAILWAY REQUIREMENTS OF THE

SESSION.

The following statistics, compiled from the official
parliamentary estimates, exhibit the total amount of cipitsl
required for new railway works by the railway companies
before parliament this session. There were several otker
money hills fur new railway works, representing about an-
other 6,000,0001., but they have been withdrawn since the
session commenced.
Aberdeen Railway,' 4,8001.; Ambergate, Nottingham,
and Boston and Eastern Junction (Nottingham Extension),
120,0001. ; Ayrshire and Galloway (Smithstown and Dal-
mellington), 100,0001. ; Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine,
and Portrush, 200,0001. ; Banbridge, Dublin, Newry, and
Belfast Junction, 3.5,0001.; Baroda and Central India,
240,0001. ; Bayswater, Paddington, and Holborn-bridge,
300,0001. ; Bedale and Le burn, 44,0001. ; Belfast and
Ballymena, 191,0001. ; Bideford Extension, 48,0.10/. ; Bir-
kenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction (Poulton cum
Seaoombe Extension, &c.),126,0001.; Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire and Cheshire Junction (Powers as Lease, &c.), 8,0001.;
Blyth and Tyne, 75,0001. ; Bognor, 27,0001. ; Boston and
Midland Counties Railwa and Docks, 250,0001 ; Caledo-
nian (Branch from Polioe and Govan Railway,
' 14,7001.; Caledonian (Connecting Branch with Edinburgh
and Glasgow Railway, tic.), 10_2,0001.; Carlisle Cantu and
Port Carlisle Railway, 28,326/.; Carmarthen and Cardigan,
600,0001. ; Chard, 25,0001. ; Chatham and Canterbury
Local, 300,0001. ; Cheltenham and Oxford Union, 600,0001.;
Cork and Bandon, 223,0001; Cork, Middleton, and \Conchal,
176,0001. ; Cornwall, 25,0001. ; Crieff Juni:sloe, 45,0001. ;
Darenth Valley, 40,0001.; Darlington and Bernard)
Castle, 80,000 t.; Dean Forest, Monmouth, Usk, and '
Pontypool, 300,0001. ; Devon and Dorset, 1,000,000/. ;
Dublin and Wexford, 474,6201.; East Anglian, 23,0001. ;
Eastern Counties (Woodford and Loughton), 100,0001. ;
Eastern Counties (Manningtree to Harwich, ikc.),
200,0001. ; Eastern Counties (North Woolwich, &a.),
30,0001. ; East Grinstead, 47,0001. ; East Kent, 674,0001. ;
East Lancashire (No. l) (Clifton to Salford), 130,0001. ;
East Lancashire (No. 2), (Southport and other branches),
84,0001. ; East and West India Docks and Birmingham
Junction (branches), 200,0001.; Edinburgh and Glasgow,
36,0001.; Forth and Clyde Junction, 100,0001. ; Glasgow
and South-Western Junction, 250,000/. ; Great Northern
(Bedford), 110,0001. ; Great Northern (N 0.1), 2,000/. ; Great
Western (Henley), 68,0001.; Great Western (Shrewsbury
and Birmingham, &c.), 10,0001.; Hereford, Ross, and
Gloucester, 140,0001. ; Hull and Holdemeu, 110,0001. ;
Kilkenny and Great Southern acd Western, 15,0002. ;
Leamington, Warwick, and Stratford-upon-Avon,
148,0001. ; Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction,
100,0001. ; Lewes, Uckfleld, and Tunbridge Wells,
300,0001. ; Limerick, Ennis, and Killaloe Junction,
11,0001. ; Limerick and Felix,. 130,0001. ; Llan-
felines and Newtown, 80,0001. ; Llanelly Railway and
Dock, 50,000 L ; Llynvi Valley, 33,0001. ; London, Brigh-
ton, and South Coast, 85,0001. ; London and Finsbury Im-
provements and Railway, &c., 1,126,0001. ; London and
Mid Western, 1,000,0001. ; London and North Western
(Northampton to Market Harboro'), 230,0001. ; London and
North Western, (Stourbridge Branches), 350,00D1.; London
and North Western (Coalbrook Dale, &c.) ; London and
North Western (Crew* to Shrewsbury), 500,0001. ; London
and North Weston (Oldham Branch), 150,0001. ; London
and North Western (St. Alban's, &c.), 200,0001. ; London
and North Western (Skiewsbury to Newtown, ite.),
500,0001. ; London and North Western (Tring and Oxford),
400,0001. ; London and Westminster Thames, 300,0001. ;
Londonderry, Coleraine, and Belfast Junction, 156,9001. ;
Londonderry, Enniskillen, and Sligo, 297,0001. ; Lough
Foyle and Lough Swilly, 39,0001. ; Blanchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire ((Barnsley Branch Extension), 100,0001. ;
Manobaster and Southport Railway, 154,0001. ; Midland
Reihray (Leicester and Hitchin), 900,0001. ; Monkland,
66 Monmouthshire Railway and Canal, 80,0001. ;
eryshire, 250,0001. ; Newport, Abergavenny, and
(Taff Vale), 220,0001. ; Newport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford (Hereford, Deviation,&c.), 17,00014 Newport,
Abergavenny, and Hereford (Brecon), 170,0001. ; New-
port and Hereford (Swansea Extension),
140,0001. ; Newry and Enniskillen, 16,0001. ; North Bri-
tish, 3,2001. ; North and South Western Junction (Ham-
Mermaith), 15,0001. ; North and South Western (Ramp-
age& and City Junction), 2.5'0,0001. ; Norwich and Spald-
ing, 170,0001. ; Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester,
10,0001. ; Peebles, 70,0001. ; Plymouth, Tavistock, Oke-
tampion, and North Devon, 200,0001. ; Ports-
ntouth, 375,0001.; Redruth and Chesewater, 13,0001.;
Barren and Panonstown Junction, 100,0001. ;
St. George's Harbour and Railway, 120,0001. ; St. Helen's
Canal and Railway, 95,0001. ; St. Ives and West Cornwall
Junction, 32,0001.; Scottish Midland Junction, 50,0001.;
Harem Valley, 600,0001. ; Severn and Wye Railway and
Canal, 14,0001. ; Shrewsbury, Ironbridge, and Bridgnorth,
120,0001. ; South Devon and Taviatock, 164,0001. ; South-
Eastern (Lewisham, Croydon, and Bromley), 240,0001. ;
South-Eastern (North Kent Railway to the Thames, &c.),
MAW. ; South-Eastern (Reading Extension, &c.), 100001. ;
IlssdrEaatern (Strood to Maidstone), 250,0001. ; South
Wales Mineral, 130,0001.; South Wales (Mon-
mouth), 160,0001.; South \Vales (Pembroke Line, &e.),
170,0001. ; Staines, Wokinghun, and Woking Junction,
270,0001.; Stamford and Essendine, 46,5001.; Swansea
Vale, 120,0001.; Trans and Kiliarney, 110,0001.;• Tyne-
month Docks, and Morpeth and Shields Direct, 300,0001. ;
Warrington and Altrincham Junction (Warrington branch,
&c.), 24,0001.; Warrington and Aluincham (Stockport),
110,0001.; Waveney alley, 40,0001.; Wellington and
Severn Junction, 60,000/. ; West Cornwall, 78,0001. ; West
London and Crystal Palace, 360,0001. ; Wexford Junction,
400,0001. ; Whitehaven and Furness Junction, 3,3001. ;
Wimbledon and Croydon, 15,5001.; Woodford, I‘o,ooo/ ;
Worcester and Hereford Junction, 600,0001. ; Worcester
and Hereford, 560,0001. Total, 24,121,618.1.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Saturday morning,
between the hours of eight and nine o'clock, an accident of
a very serious character took place in Ray-street, Clerken-
well. The Great Northern Railway Company, under the
provisions of their bill for extending their line towurds the
City, had purchased several houses in Ray. street, the re-
moval of which was necessary to the carrying out of the
scheme, and the men in the employment of Mr. Bedford,
the deputy-contractor, hal just begun to take one of them
down, when it fell, and buried some 20 of them under thu
ruins. Immediate assistance was procured, and after tome
hours' exertions, the pour men were dug out of the mass of
brick'', timber, and mortar. Three of the labourers were
severely injured, and one had his legs broken. The injured
men were conveyed to St. Bartholomew's hospital, where
cycry attention is being paid to them.