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Extras from a pamphlet lately pubts J sed > mthsuga, Coflhderari * ‘ ons on the present dangerous Crisis. TT7 FT H whatever specious pretences the art of pa rts may # W veil its ambitious defcgns, experience abundantly evinces, that intereji and refimfmnt are the ruling motives which equate the competitors. - As patties therefore, they Would not be worth a moment's attention* did they not ob-* ftru& and injure publick welfare* by their mutwft druggies to mount the airy piiiacle of promotion. At the close of a glorious and fuccefeful war,- who did not hope that the government would be ft unions to cultivate the bleJ&Bgs of peace/, But Jfow greatly are we fallen from our expectations t The hours of peace have been Ihamefully mis-spent in the mere routine of business, the bustle of in* t igue, and the confnfion of party discord. To whom fluill we impute this scandalous remiffhefs, this feemihgly wilful inattention f No one is so unjuft* no one is so ungrateful, as to doubt the patriodck disposition of the moft truly gracious Prince that ever filled the firitifh throne. —No candid man neither is ftf ungenerous as to doubt the dijbofrtion of the late minister to aid the noble and publick fpinted intentions of his benign inafter. . To judge impartially between Lord Bute and his oppon ents, I will recur to the firft dawning of his adminiftnidon. prom die time that Mr. Pitt thought proper to resign the seals. Lord Buys was foppofed to hold the firft place in his Ma jesty's councils. His Lordship, though not unknown to the polite and learned circle, was an utter stranger in the poli tical world. The expeditions which, one party formed in his favour could only be equalled by the prejudices enter tained by its opposite. , - Unhappily, however, for his sovereign, for the nation, and for ntmielf, he has proved that he has not all the requi res ndtifiary to stem the tide of opposition. He no fooncr fteppcd into the cabinet, than he mewed himfelf too secure hi ho rovpl matter's affe&ions, and too confident in the con > ficioofneis of his own integrity. He excited envy by his ra pid and imprudent progrefe to seize the helm of state; and he provoked /efentmcnt, by treating fome of the foremoft men in the nation* with ungracious reserve and supercilious indifference. ; • . Was it prudent, in the face erf the publick, to make light Os popularity / Could he foppofe that, !h a free kingdom? <* a iftimffer could long support himfelf without fome degree of popular favour ? Could he be ignorant, that an unpopular minister mnft soon make an unpopular—f Would ft Ml pain his.houeft £ii*d Cos be the inftrnmene of lcfieniug the’ .pubUck* afte&ion towards the sovereign he served, towards the peinoe he loyss? * Os ail the.kidiCtretiotts, however, which are to fee imput ed to his Lordihip, that of leaguing with a hardy veteran king hackneyed in the ways of corruption, was the moft fa tal and the moft inexcufoble. By this imprudent affiliation, he, in fome measure, put it out of his power to do the good he meditated. If he had not;intended to remedy the abufts of former administrations, he.ftiould not have accepted the hi|b office he filled. As he proposed to redress them, no thing could be morcprepoiterous than so unite with the very men who principally contribute 4<o extend that corrupt fyt- Wepi, which his Lordihip profefied to reform. But if Lord Bute has been precipitate and indifereet, the party who have him have been malicious and unjftft. The ads of his adaniniftration which they have moft loudly impeached, are the treaty of peace, and the impofitionof ad ditional duties on cyder, &c. With regard to the peace, alf intelligent and moderate men concur m acknowledging that it is the moft honourable and profitable for this kingdom, and the moft diladvantage oua and humiliating so our enemies, of any that ever was concluded between the two nations. With refpea to the cyder* bill, it must be acknowledged, that it was precipitate, impolitick, and inadequate to the fctTices proposed. Several takes might have been ftevifed, which would have been more efjeflual; scarce any could hafe been thonghtof which would’have been more unpopular. * I*t n* now proceed to examine the condu St of the Opto/i ----or junto,eny be called by that mme. At me head of theie, who is not ferry to fee one, who claims f? b i tck at tllc fame time that he deserves publick eeafore -How could bis pride, how could bis boasted vir tne* ftoopfo low, as to confederate with men whom he de- or once affesled to despise ?—With men, of whom :3 * * * • u 4 Cnryyicuztuy said, that'” God and th; nation worn i **, ver forgive them /’’—How could he so far de hi charader, as to fuffer hit nime to be enrolled * l a of epicures, who have no other merit to display before Xl pubUck, than that they—bat? F 7 a the There cannot be a more convincing proof, that the * fition to the late minister was founded and per ‘ nal vieyys, than its having been opened before he had caktn a finrie measure to iuftify either censure or approbation They condemned the P <*:e before they were acquainted with a angle article of the tr.*aty; and When the articles were publnhejf, they en favoured to prejudice the inccnfi derat* against them, by all the artful malice of invidious mifconftru&ion and .ni'reprefentition. From the fame pr i n ciple they raised a clamour against the cyder-bill, and by falfe faggeftions propagated erroneous notions with regard to the ad, among the people. This clamour, which lull continues to rage against th* government, clfearly jndicites the narr .‘w and felfili defio ni of those who head the party. Lord Bin 3 has yielded to the prejudices of the pe role against him, arid, by a prudent re* fig nation, ffias conful>:d the quiet of the kingdom. Thi* facrifice, however, will not fatisfy the views of his oppon ents. They seem bent on bppofttion, whoever is in office; and would perfuhde the publick, that the late minister ftiii direds the aftairs of state: which they will ever pretend, till they are in pbwer themselves: and all their specious ha rangues amount to this: Wenvi'.l never fnfftr thrgovernmetu to be at rest till <we Can force ourselves into power. There will be no end to perfonsA opposition, and ftrug for power, unlefsafirra reiolution is taken, never to admit any member of a cabal into any department of the admini stration. We have tried them. We know them. They have trodden those paths wh : cK they once told us, led to bankruptcy and bondage. When they find that, by in.fi lin ing the palfions of the multitude, they cannot force them (elves into office, thay will cease their florid declamations, and Seditious writings. By degreos, their opposition, which is grafted on interest, will be superseded by an oppoficioa founded on featiment—the only one which can be of fervicc td the publick. This will produce a noble competition, who dull beftadvife for the publick welfare.— Ma/nres, not ***** will then be the fubjefts of debate. Opposition will. Be Confined to its proper office, and to its proper feat. But, perhaps, tne mcTft elFcffual method of restoring do meftick peace and tranquillity would be that of difcountc nanang both parties indifcrimina!cly % ]>ure thq.nation is hpUyct fuak fadow, but that thware fome ho left, inde pendent, moderate neuters among us, who never have wal!o Jwi in the trammels of either party* If, among rhefe, our gracious sovereign should judge it expedient to feles foms In whom he could repose a confidence, and whom he could ehtruft with the firft posts of gover ament/ foch an impartial choice might probably contribute t i defeat the designs of jfetrty, and to reconcile the mistaken and prejudice l public c. 3P|e following ODE for His Majesty's Birth-Day, was per p formed before theiT Majesties and the Royal Family, on T the 4th of June.. § /COMMON Births, like common things, *” \J Pass unheeded, or unknown : Time but preads, and waves his wings, _ The Phantom fwelh, the Phantom's gone! Born for mijlions Monarchs rife Heirs of infamy, or fame. * When the virtuous, brave, Demand our praise, with loud acclaim We twine the foftivc wreath, the Ihrincs adorn, ‘Tis not our King's alone, *tis Britain’s natal Morn, • * Bright examples plat’d on high * ohine with more blav.e; Thither Nations turn their Eye, Aad grow Virtuous aa they gaze. Thoughtless Enie, and sportive Le'fure, Dwell in Life's con traced Sphere, ’ Publick is the Monarch's plcafurc, Publick is the Monarch's Care: If Titus fmiies, th'obfervant World is gay, If Titifs frowns, or iighs, We sigh and lose a Day! Around their Couch, ground their Uoard, • A thoufiind Ears attentive wait, * A tkoofand busy tongrcs'rocord The fnulleft whiipers of the Great.