promised information, convey to its owner the article he has found, or explain the process with which he is acquainted. He has, no doubt, to earn his five pounds in some way or other, unless he have already rendered a service which this sum is intended to recompence. If B. A. be rich, the five pounds will hardly be worth his acceptance; but if he be poor, it may greatly add to his comforts. At any rate, let us hope that the service done, or to be done, is an honest one, and that the reward will be well laid out.

"Anonymous letter.-If One who wishes to be honest,' will communicate confidentially relative to the system of abstraction, he may rely on secrecy, and will be remunerated for his trouble. Address to J. P."

And now a settled plan of dishonesty, a system of abstraction, is to be brought to light. "Honesty is, indeed, the best policy." The ground will now crumble beneath the feet of those who imagine they stand safely. So true it is, that "there is no peace to the wicked." The writer of the letter seems to be one who cannot rest by night, or be at ease by day, while he is a partaker with evil doers. The sooner he despatches a letter to J. P. the better, but his accepting a recompence will render the rectitude of his intentions questionable.

"Should this meet the eye of C. E. M., who left his home early on Monday last, and is supposed either to have gone, or is about to go, abroad, and he will write to his parents, he will now find that they are anxious to further his views."

Perhaps here has oeen a mutual error. C. E. M. may have fixed his mind on some course, unreasonable, either in itself, or as to the manner or time of pursuing it, and his parents may have been harsh, arbitrary, or uncomplying. Matters have arrived at a crisis, and C. E. M., in anger or despair, has left his home, either to carry out his plans, or recklessly to seek a foreign land. It is very doubtful whether C. E. M. will ever cast his eyes on the advertisement, or, seeing it, return home, till resentment is exchanged for repentance. "Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged," Col. iii. 20, 21.

"C. N. J.-T. regrets exceedingly what has occurred. It was done in a moment of irritation, and C. N. J. may be assured, if he will forget it, the same shall never occur again. Direct to T., care of

Oh, what mischief has the tongue occasioned ! Truly, "the tongue can no man tame," Jas. iii. 8.

What terrible consequences have followed anger! "He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls," Prov. xxv. 28. Again and again, no doubt, T. has read the words, "Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry," Eccl. vii. 9, and "Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: and be ye kind one to another," Eph. iv. 31; and yet he has allowed his temper to burst forth as a flood: so that he has either said or done that which has fallen like scalding oil on another's heart, and which is now a cause of deep affliction to his own. If C. N. J. is wise, he will not absent himself as a fugitive, fostering resentment; but rather forgive the offence committed against him, and proffer the hand of fellowship to the offender. The wounds inflicted by passion are often difficult to heal; and judging by the earnestness of T., he has great doubts whether his trespass will be passed over. Well would it be, did we all of us heed more the exhortation, "If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men," Rom. xii. 18.

Having thus far proceeded, it will be needless to prosecute the subject farther. Different readers will attach different meanings to the paragraphs quoted; and many will, perhaps, give shrewder

guesses than mine as to their real signification. A public journal is an epitome of life, an abridged account of every-day human affairs; and the mysterious advertisements which appear in its columns constitute one of its peculiarities. The quotations we have given, and the comments we have made thereon, may draw the attention of many to the subject, and thus the mysterious advertisements of "The Times" may excite increased interest, and afford additional gratification.

ON

ANGER AND ADMIRATION.

HOWEVER desirable it may be to keep the spirit tranquil, and to have the heart filled with brotherhood and affection for mankind, I hardly know how we can preserve our distinctions of right and wrong uninjured, without fostering an ardent love for that which is good, and a strong abhorrence of that which is evil. He who can hear of an act of generosity and kindness without manifesting admiration, or witness a deed of oppression and cruelty without feeling emotions of indignant anger, can scarcely be estimated either as the enemy of vice, or the friend of virtue and humanity.

The great difficulty, however, is to practise, at the same time, Christian integrity and Christian charity, neither allowing our kindly feelings to cloak evil, on the one hand, nor to permit our zeal to degenerate into bitterness, on the other. In judging the errors of others, we should bear