28 MAY 1853, Page 11

There was a rather striking gathering at Oxford on Wednesday,

on the occasion of the Mayor's feast. " Gown and Town " fraternized at the civic banquet ; nor was the Borough Cabinet-Minister Member, Mr. Cardwell, absent. Among the guests were Mr. J. H. Langston M.P., Lord Norreys M.P., the Vice Chancellor, the Warden of All Souls', the President of St. John's, the Master of Pembroke, the Rector of Lincoln, the Principal of Brazenose, the Provost of Oriel, the Principals of New Inn Hall, St. Alban's Hall, and St. Edmund's Hall, the Public Orator, the Junior Proctor, and other members of the gown; while a goodly array of civic notables were mingled with these. This gathering is the more noticeable as the Mayor, Mr. Crews Dudley, has long been a con- sistent upholder of Liberalism in the borough.