New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-12-27
England.

Tar Prevalent EPIDEMIC The deaths regis
tered in the week ending Saturday last for the metopol
tan districts Males $40, females sos, total loI'
This L. startling increase upon the ordinary SVersre ~
the mortality which, a, this OF the year. Is lOfo
A week thus showing an augmentation OF 90 per cent
This excess Is remarkable In every class OF diseases DIT
esoeeay ia affections o. the lungs and respiratory organs
tbs deaths rem which during The week amount To odf
willie he average number Is 1888. The deaths from ep
demic and contagious diseases ara nearly double the
average. The births are only l,isL
RALwAYs-The Chancellor Of the Exchsaaer moved
the House Of Commons Dec 3. for ssve to oripg ID
b 20 extend the for the purchase Of land and com
ustion of works by railway companies be July sontiso
that the construction OF railways would evsnssy eohouSe
10 the welfare and prosperity Of the coanlJ oat must say
nat The too rapid investment Of capital Ia them nec~vaf
y Withdrew from the foa In capital OF This country
s which for al least seriously affected commerce
IN con sequence Of necessity Of raising money al heavy
n,sre,t The country had Suffered heavy oss An average
Of the expenditure could be aSertsbed. show
ed the following result ibil 10000, le4z x29,c
600 1919 &i435,000 ls4, t6.lOOOO0 is45 first half
year e3,50oOcO, seeond hall year. Ei6.sooOOo; 1876.
rr.t haley ear, 20 10000 last hAfyCsr. ED,I75Ooo;
the nfst hall u -7 40 less sum than IS 100000 The
total expenditure for the last years ks5 100000
With regard the last sgheen months tse estimate Of
Boards Of works gave Eo2oooo0o Nearly three hun
dred millions Of dollars.
Ma HIoxs's NEsxzAIc LEcTrREs.-On Monday even
ing Mr. Hicks gave another Of bis popular exhibitions 81
the science OF AesmeIism Al the AheBeu41 The AtFni'
exceedingly numerous, the an'ie1ce eompnsi.g
a large number - The most fespect<Die eib]sns Af,
Hicks began by Observing hat be Old no; pretend TO ie
what the Mid al he said was, that the discoveries
which had a.e clearly proved thar the brain vss
the os.ium through which the nd acted the body
by which the latter moved and experienced
me instrument Of this communication between the mind
AND the BODY was. he held 20 be equally clearly
established, nothing more than the electric hIid-
81 Hicks referred 70 the " Elements Of Chefnls
IT. adcced Ia corroboraiion Of his ysys an announce
men. therein ~ joan Hegschel, that In the boty
we have al lie apparatus Of a sel-aciEg battery -
Amoug the dsekses which nesmersm thew u. IT. and
10 me u "oicn It Was a-poweTfn we're rheuna-
iism AMI " doo1reHr dyspepsia. and EPILEPSY lie INTRO
duced bis patients tie FIRST decreplt little man Who
lad Deca reduced y state Of extreme bodily weakness
accom- panied with deafness, ffcm usage IN tropical cap
tries where he had been sold save. Mr.. Hiess
explained that he was curing lin 81 his Ccaisess The
mans arm was rendered rigd. then his legs; he sss
made 70 GLOW The lecturer tie platform joined by
tue Ups Of tie nBgers aid lastly thrown into the Emerc
sleep, waen Ar. css showed the process he adopted ia
curing ce@fnsss AnotLcr young msn and healthy
Els similarly operated third pA.enl ycaer &C
an, Wncm 81 Hicks bad pat scvsfs times tclor ssio
STATE VI eeP % lure ee Of n, was nsxi operated %,