The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1808-06-13 (London, England)

ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.  Yesterday the annual Secirion, in aid of the Royal 11iiinaue Societe, was ptearli,d at St. Margrwet's Church, Webt;nipiat r, by the itev. W. W. Deaf xs, LA. B. F.A.S. Chaplain to thcor Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Vow.: and thasttlESTLIL, and Precentor oftheCollegisteCtinrch of St. Peter, Westutinster. The interesthei..scene of so many fellow-creatures restored to lee, the well known abilities and teal of the Rev. Divine, and the vocal powers of Messrs VATTSHIAK, BEALS, HuISFALI., 11,taass. and Boys, and the Young Gentler's.n of the IVestminster Choir, who had kindly vnturit.ered their services on the occasion, drer. a swinenits and respectable congregation.—Prenons to the sermon, a beautiful anthem was sung. The l'reacher took his text from the 14th chapter of Job, verse 14, " If a seas die shall he live again." He mid this at first would appear a parades, even to us, who had the benefit of ieVelatl..ll, tin wonder it dni to Job and his companions. After having illustrated his subject, he defender] philosophy from the charge of presumption, a.sl the attacks of ignorance, and peuved that the inventions and doe eo7eries of philosophy were heretic: al to mankind. as to it we are indebted for all improvements and dizzomiries in the moral rust physical weld, and ovary branch of science ; and pliihnoat in, contended, directed by a fain,' ote:I to truth, as. rioted in the study awl l,r cal, e. 4 revealed religisio: The text was not bale! consist, red as conveying a doubt of the future existo.ce of the soul, but as was clearly expresstil in the r.nniiader of the verse, a eisaeictou that man should Lye his appointed *Me, Mad a belief that the of his time hero was ordained.—lt might then be asked, he said, was it not impious to restore after death? But this was i;atisfsietorily answered, by the example of our Savour resto:ing Lazarus, &e. Hie then proceeded. moo: eloquently. to describe the situation of supposed to be dead, and that mauy might be restored. :Stull the blued " said he, , which lately warmed and animated this body, be again endued with motion, shall the powers of action be restored, the Vaal spark relighted, the pulse be wade to beat again, tail this man be raised to join the universal chorus of praise and thanksgiving to his Greater ? What heart does not joie with me in sidling it possible, and that the art of nun could do it—!t has been done by the Houma. Society-.. See, he lives ! And not iu one solitary instance. but upwards of 3000 persons hare been restored to themselves, their families, and couutry. Some of them were suffering from acLadent, and many of them she victims of despair. Look at the persons present ; they we-e on the brink of eternity ; the waters had enclosed them, the weeds encircled, and 'mai was ready to receive them, which of you would not hare stretched out your hand to lace them Now, behold *e father restored to his tensity, infants to their parents, mid suicides .to .t in tile evecutioo of their purpose. blessing tired- fnr having given them !lOW •to prepare fir an as fug eternity. ' The eloquent Preacher was perticularlr afiecting in this part of his discour,e. He stated that the resiscitating art way lint discover& d and practised in this imuutry„ and had no •V spread all over the walla that nee discoveries are always opted and negiccted by ignorance and prejudice ; but that toe discoveries in uiedirel science had succeedeil, and that prejudice had given way to coneictioa. He coorluded by a most forcible appeal to the charity of hiy auditory, whom he entreated to g.ve as though themselves, or -onse d..ar relatives, might become objects of the Society's attention and care. Alter the sermon. another anthem was sua4. The collection, we understand, amounted to 431. es. which masa very handsome steu, considering they hare had three other charity sermons within three months.  Th.. East Kent Militia have marched for Chichester.—.% !arty of the Oxford Nlslitia. which are at Haslar Barracks, have twil'oarkel ow board the Suffolk prison-ship, Lieut. Bitcuta, at Portsmouth. The Meeting at the (risen and Anchor-tavern, nn Saturday, to conoiler of so application to Parliament for powers to complete a Canal trom Market to the (;taini Junction Camul. Cieretty open a direct com.nuukattou, by inland pat:cation, Gets eon the metropolis mid Leicester• Nottatiultanashire, Derbyshire. add other Niirthern cenal,t'ai-s, was very respectably attended, ▪ tLe projected selietwe unanimously approved of and aloirted ; and sub,criptialas to a considerable st.iouut wste tannedii:tely entti-ed tutu.  - L.ll