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LONDON:
MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 1837.

There has seldom been a period in the history of
this country when the opening of Parliament was
looked to with such deep and universal excitement.
The great importance of the questions which a:e to be
brought forward' during the Session, the protracted
struggle which these questions have already occasioned
between the two great parties in the State, and the
preparations which each party has of late been
making to bring the struggle to a decisive termination,
are circumstances sufficient in themselves to invest the
public proceedings of this day with a more than usual
interest. But how greatly is that interest increased
when it is considered that since the last meeting of
Parliament the throne has changed its OCCII uant, and
that the gracious permnage chose lot it is to take the
most prominent place in the transactions of this eventful
day is a QUEEN in the bloom of her nineteenth year,
—a Sovereign who, in the few months during which
she has enjoyed the regal dignity, has more endeared
herself to her subjects than others have done. in as
many years, or even in the whole course of their lives.
.1C;;r can the patriot, in contemplating a scene so novel
and striking, forget that a new mra has dawned on his
country, on the throne of which he sees a Princess,
born in the latter times, educated in the school of
Reform, and imbued with the enlightened principles
of the age in which she lives.

On the contents of the Royal Speech it is not ne-
cessary that we should enlarge. It will no doubt be
said by those who are ever on the watch to find fault
with the Government, that it is vague, and general,
and un,atisfactory. That it should be unsatkfactory to
them will be one of its greatest merits in the eyes of
the people, and as to vagueness, that must be the cha-
racter, more or less, of all such documents. They cannot be
expected to do more than glance generally at the
principal subjects which are to be submitted to the
deliberations of Parliament. It is besides desirable
that nothing should be introduced which may afford
a handle for a deceitful faction to take hold of.
The Gentlemen of the opposition would wish no-
thing better than to find materials in the Royal
Speech for raising a discussion, and moving an
amendment on the Address.

At a Reform Dinner given to Mr. HODGES on
Saturday last at Greenwich, the Chairman justly and
forcibly commented on the necessity of all Reformers
being united at the present crisis. This is a subject
to which we ourselves have often adverted, but which,
nevertheless, we feel cannot too often be brought before
the public mind. If we desire to succeed in the
momentous contest which is now so close at hand, we
must be moved by one impulse—act as one man. We
must lay aside all our petty differences ; forego all our
pet crotchets ; and hold out the right hand of fellow-
ship unreservedly to each other. The Tories do so ;
why then should we hesitate to follow their example ?
./ESOP's fable of the bundle of faggots admirably applies
to our present situation. While the bundle was tied
firmly and compactly together, no power on earth could
break it ; but the instant the ligature was severed,
nothing was found more easy than to snap each sepa-
rate stick. Mr. HODGES, in an admirable speech which
he delivered at this dinner, observed, that the Tories
wanted to make the present contest altogether a reli-
gious one. There is much sterling truth in this re-
mark. Yet how hypocritical is such conduct on the
part of the faction ! They talk of religion indeed !
They presume to fight under the sacred wgis, and
defend the sacred cause ! Why, they have done
more by their long system of misgovernment ; by
their avowed patronage of intolerance and priest-
craft; and by their taxes, jails, barracks, corn-laws,
and coercion bills, to make men criminal and irreli-
gious, than all the infidel writers that were ever
spawned ! Who set SWING a blaze throughout
fourteen counties in England ? Who contributed to
the spread of dissent throughout the north, and
universally throughout Wales ? The Tories I And
yet these are the men who now propose to ground
their opposition to Reform on the plea of its
,beink a " religious question !" Such cant will de-
:::cilitetione. We all know what a Tory's notion of
tote'rcertgioi‘ is. With him, it is a mere matter of
, Po..,ul.4.l,Afillings, and pence—a somethine to eat and
a•ank•get fat upon. The main articles of his
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