The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-29 00:00:00

THE DEAN OF EXETER AND THE
DISSENTERS.

An Exeter correspondent writes that the Dean has be-
come extremely unpopular with the Dissenters of that
city. At a meeting at Newton Abbot the other day,
speaking on the Education question, he said he did not think
the present movement was started really so much to pro-
mote the cause of education as with a desire to promote
the Dissenting interest. He therefore, felt per-
suaded that the battle was really between the
Church of England on the one side and
the Nonconformists on the other. At a subsequent meet-
ing at Exeter he repeated what he had said at Newton,
but stated that he exonerated the Wesleyans. On Sunday
the Dean preached at the Cathedral, and in the course of
his sermon he proceeded to dispute the right of unor-
dained Christians to assume the ministerial office, first on
the ground of possible ignorance, which was a very serious
matter in these days. It was important, also, that
a man should be placed under authority. If
a minister of the Church of England erred, there
was' an authority to which appeal might be made, but
this was not so in the case of Dissenting ministers. Then
look, said the Dean, in conclusion, at the spheres in which
these self-constituted ministers work—they do not go
into the out-of-the-way places—they stick to the crowded
city, the fashioniable congregation, and leave those who
most want help to provide for themselves.

THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.
An important meeting of the fellows and members of
the Royal College of Surgeons was held at the
Institution, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, yesterday afternoon,
Mr. Edward Cock, president, in the chair. The meeting
was convened to discuss the question as to the
advisability of petitioning Parliament in the name
of the Fellows and members at large in favour
of the restoration of clause 18 of the Medical
Act Amendment Bill relating to the qualification of prac-
titioners in medicine and surgery. It was originally pro-
posed by Clause 18, that the medical authorities should
not in future confer any of the qualifications mentioned
in Schedule A to the Act of 1858, except to persons who
had obtained the license to practise under the
provisions of the bill, and as Clause 18 has been
struck out, regret was expressed by the petitioners,
who contended that the main principle of the bill—
one portal system—is entirely abandoned, but that by the
bill, as it at present stands, the medical authorities will
be enabled to confer their several degrees and diplomas,
which will be undeniably qualifications to practice.
Also, that the bill in its present form is calculated to keep
alive competition amongst the medical authorities,
and that if the omission of the clause 18
is a concession, it is totally uncalled for.
The subject was debated at great length at this meeting,
and ultimately a resolution was passed, affirming that the
18th clause ought to be reinserted in the bill.

THE UNIVERSITY CRICKET MATCH.
The annual contest between the universities of Oxford
and Cambridge was continued yesterday. Cambridge
commenced their second innings by sending in Dale and
Tobin, the dark blue bowlers being Francis and Belcher.
In the latter's third over, Tobin played a ball into his
wicket, the score denoting six. The Cambridge captain
followed, and another piece of bad luck attended Cam-
bridge, as, after making six, he also played a ball
"on," as did Fryer the succeeding one. • The score
was at ten when both these wickets came to grief.
This was a succession of bad luck for Camb
neridge. H
the
ow-
ever, Thornton proved a more abiding partr, and y
soon hit off the balance against them, but when forty run
s
had been booked Butler went on at Belcher's end, and
ut goa
t
Thornton caught at long . Scott, who followed , p
on
ball up at point, which was taken, so that
the fourth and fifth wickets both went w
Dale
hen
the score was at forty. The batting of
and Yardley was so steady and good that they put on
runs at a greatly im-3roved rate, and obtained as many as
22 off six overs, and by 1.20 eighty runs were posted.
Here Belcher gave was to Hill, but he got " peppered "
considerably, as many as eight being hit off his first over.
The light blue cheers now preponderated as the score
tended upwards, and they were redoubled when
at half - past one 100 appeared on the telegraph.
At 107 Hadow's round - arm slows were tried, and
when 20 had been added to the score Fortescue
was put on in place of Hadow. Still the scoring con-
tinued. At 1.50 Francis supersed Fortescue, and Belcher
Hill ; and then there was a grand and general shouting
when Ottaway caught Dale off a mignificent hit to long leg
with one hand close to the ring of spectators. Dale played
a faultless and fine free hitting innings of 67, and was
loudly cheered " all round," as was Ottaway for his fine
catch. blackinnon joined Yardley, who continued his
brilliant career, and that, too, despite the frequent
changes of bowling, which by this time appeared to have
got into a complete " tangle." They played on till
luncheon 'lighttime the total was up to 176. On resum-
ing play the g blue ran up the score to 206. After
some very exciting play Cambridge won the game by two
runs, the score standing thus :—Cambridge, Ist innings,
147 ; 2d innings, 206 ; Oxford, Ist innings, 175 ; 2d in-
nings, 176.

THE ALL ENGLAND CROQUET CLUB.
The All England Croquet Club opened their annual
prize meeting on the new ground which lies close to the
South Western Railway, near the Wimbledon Station,
and which, viewed from that line, must have been an ob-
ject of admiring envy to hundreds of croquet
players travelling between Surbiton and Waterloo. This
ground, being laid out on what was originally a slope,
has been levelled into three terraces, one above another,
trimly ambanked and communicating by means of short
flights of steps. The long drought has told somewhat
against the condition of the turf ; but by the unremit-
ting use of the roller and the garden hose a
he gavy
ood
deal has been done to supply the w an t of those
showers which are looked for at this time of the year.
In fact, the ground was wonderfully good, considering all
the disadvantages which have beset the formation—a work
only commenced last October. The club, which has for
its president the Earl of Essex, enrols many ladies among
itsmembers ;and the play on Monday was well maintained '
by the fair experts, among whom was the wearer of the
lady's medal, won at Bushey, and of other marks of dis-
tinction. Competitors were matched single-handed, the
best out of three games to be winner. The three terraces
afforded ample space for four pairs of players each ; and
eleven games were in full swing t a
the same time, the
twelfth space being appropriated toaddition and
substraction sweepstakes, open to all comers during
the meeting, the gentlemen at twenty yards, and
the ladies at fifteen. Tents were pitched on all the
three terraces in anticipation of rain, which seemed
to be impending, but which did not fall. On the upper
terrace a refreshment pavilion was well supplied and
assiduously superintended by Mr. Darke, of the Swan
Inn, at Wimbledon. There was a very fair attendance of
members, but the number of strangers on the ground was
small, the principal attraction being reserved for to-day,
when play will be opened for the champion prize, a
silver cup of the value of fifty guineas.ne r of the The holder
of this trophy will have to play the win All-
comers Contest next season, or to resign
ree the prize ;
but, should the champion
be victorious in consecu-
tive seasons, the cup.will henceforth belong solely to him.
Five matches by ladies were played on Monday, and nine
by gentlemen ; and only two of either list were decided.
On the whole, the present meeting gives promise
of being as entertaining- and agreeable as that which
was held by the members of the Club last year ; while
the acquisition of ground which they can call their own,
and which is so prettily situated that fetes unnumbered
seem to shine in its
.future history, must have an addi-
tionally encouraging- influence.

GODRICH V. GODRICII.—In reference to the let-
ter from Mrs. Godrich which appeared in the Standard on
Monday, a Mr. Crawford writes :—" As the landlord of
the house (in Trevor-square) named by Mrs. Adelaide
Godrich, I shall be obliged by your allowing me to state
that she does not reside there, and that all communica-
tions and donations forwarded to that address will be
refused."
There are yet wretches living in Lancashire who
take delight in the spectacle of seeing cocks pecking each
other to death. Fifty men thus engaged were found last
Saturday by. the Preston police, in the Bee-hive Inn,
Marsh-lane, in that town, the landlord taking a promi-
nent part in the brutal sport. Resistance was offered to
the police, but several fellows were arrested.
A NOTABLE BANKRUPT.—In the Court of Bank-
ruptcy there was a sitting for examination and discharge,
in the case of D. R. Goodlake, described as a director of
an insurance company, of the Cannon-street and Charing-
cross Hotels, late trading as a tobacco broker at Dublin.
The amount of his liabilities is enormous, not less than
£436,196. Of this amount £375,000 is in respect of calls
on shares, made and in prospect, in the United Ports and
General Insurance Company. He is also liable on shares
in the Bristol Marine Insurance Company, the Foreign
Trading Company, and the Amicable Life Insurance
Company. The assets are returned at £1,193; property
held as security, £15,478. The bankrupt had been re-
quired to amend his accounts, and having done so and
accounted for his deficiency, the assignees did not object
to his passing.

THE ORLEANS PRINCES AND THE EMPEROR.-
The Daily News cannot easily. credit the statement of La
France, that one of the principal reasons for the Govern-
ment's opposition is that the " demand should be
addressed to the Emperor, accompanied by a formal re-
nunciation of all claims to the Throne." Louis
Philippe was the offspring of revolution. Louis Napoleon
has exactly the same origin. The former, it is true, never
appealed to a pl6biscitary vote, but it was because he felt
or fancied he did not need it. Whatever may be thought
of him or his various Governments, he reigned constitu-
tionally, and therefore he may be said to have reigned by
the will of the French people. It seems, therefore, absurd
in Napoleon 111. to require the Orleanist Princes, as a
preliminary to their entrance into France, to abandon a
claim which is as good as his own, except in the fact of
possession.