1*hc Lord Mayors Jo*r*ey to Oxford. [ APRIL, 



Town Hall. With the further description of the room in which the repast 

 was provided; of the pictures hanging, and the plate set out even to the 

 cup presented at the coronation of " his Most Gracious Majesty, King 

 George the Fourth whom God preserve!" And no less with the 

 sketches of scenery, moral reflections, &c. &c., induced by the entry of 

 the writer into Oxford the sight of the gardens at Magdalen the walks 

 of Christchurch, &c. &c. Suffice it to say, that the banquet was " of 

 sUch a grand and costly nature, as seemed to indicate that the whole 

 neighbouring country had been pv^. in requisition !" That 



" Wines of the most expensive and rarest kind, and as cold as the most refined 

 ])on vivant could have wished them, with fruit, were then placed on the table. 

 And when the usual toasts of loyalty, " the King/' " the Duke of York and the 

 Army," " the Duke of Clarence and the Navy," " the Duke of Sussex, and the 

 rest of the Royal Family, 1 ' had been given, and drunk with becoming enthu- 

 siasm" 



The Mayor of Oxford rose and proposed the Mayor of London's 

 liealth ; and the Mayor of London rose, and proposed the Mayor of 

 Oxford's health; and so the healths went on, through the aldermen and 

 the sheriffs, down to the town clerk, and the city solicitor. 



That 



4< The conversation at this banquet, in the intervals of the several toasts, thouah 

 naturally of a desultory nature, was yet such as to shew that good taste, good 

 feeling, and good sense, are by no means limited to the citizens of the metropolis.'" 



A matter which although it had not been " written down" perhaps 

 we might have suspected. 

 And moreover, that 



" The Lady Mayoress, and other ladies of the party, to the number of eight 

 ordered dinner at the Star, and spent the evening in their own society." 



Until 



"When the clock had nearly sounded within an hour of midnight, the Lord 

 Mayor rose from table, and was followed by the rest of the company. Coffee was 

 landed round in the withdrawing room. The party soon afterwards retired , and 

 the Lord Mayor, accompanied by his friends, returned to the inn, where they 

 separated to their respective apartments of repose. " 



Which concludes the history of the journey to Oxford, " on Tuesday 

 *' the 25th of July 1826." 



The day of Wednesday which forms, written down in large capitals, 

 the title of the second chapter of the Reverend Mr. Dillon's book appears 

 to have been consumed almost entirely in eating and drinking. And the 

 author falls into his subject with a degree of correctness well becoming 

 a Christian Divine more especially one who held the place of Chaplain 

 to the Mayoralty : mentally seeming to exclaim, at least at the end of 

 every page, if not oftener " Blessed be the man who first invented stuf- 

 fing a turkey with truffles !" 



No sooner were the first greetings of this morning exchanged which 



cornetof the lOtb, who was nn Oxonian born, poking his head up through the corn- 

 pa aioo, to look at the sky, and calling to a private, his servant, who was standing on 

 deck " I wish I could see one star, your honour," was the answer, " and then J'd know 

 that we were safe out of all this.''" Why, what star do you mean ?" returned the first 

 speaker, something surprised at the ustrouoniical nicety of his domestic. " Please your 

 honour,-' said the servant, who was an Oxford man as well as his master" 1 meap 

 the Star in the Corn Market.'' 



