The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-26 00:00:00

FRENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE,
Directeur, M. Talexy.—Lessee, Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
Positively the last Night but Five of the season.
TO-NIGHT,
LA PARTIE DE PIQUET. M. Thomasse.
LA FILL DE DOMINIQE. Madlle. Marie Basta.
L'UT DIEZE. M. Buet, M. Thomasse.
Orchestra Stalls, 7s. 6d. ; Balcony Stalls, ss. ; Pit, 2s. ;
Gallery, Is.
Private Boxes, from Two Guineas.
Commence at 8.
Box-office open daily from 11 till 5

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. WM. BATTY.
An Extra Grand MID-DAY PERFORMANCE will take
place on SATURDAY next, July 28, commencing at Two
o'clock.
This Evening, the gistorical Spectacle, entitled FAIR
ROSAMOND, or the AMAZON CRUSADERS. To be followed by
Scenes in the Arena. To conclude with THE SPOILED
CHILD. Little Pickle, Miss Amelia Smith.
Doors open at halt-past 6, performance commence at 7.
Box-office open daily from 11 till 4.
Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST.
Director of the Arena—M. Felix Revolti.

CANTERBURY HALL
THIS EVENING.
C. H. GOUNOD'S OPERA.
FAUST.
First Time in this Country.
Faust Mr. Henry Herbert
Mephistopheles Mr. C. Bernard.
Siobel Mrs. Anderson.
Marguerite
Conductor....-.. Mr. Jonghmans.
And selections from
Dinorah, Trovatore, Macbeth, and numerous other
Entertainments.
Balcony, is Hall. Bd.
Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come.
than and Mimic), and C. Marshall.
The ETHIOPIANS, consisting of 17 performers (organised
expressly, for this Establishment). for the performance of
Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and Sentimental, with
Negro delineations, anecdotes, &c., in addition to the usual
entertainments.
The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening.

CONCERTS.-

THE WEATHER.--Suw OFFICE, JULY 26, 1860.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
64—highest since noon yesterday.
47—lowest this morning and during the night.
63—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-30.01.
Warn—Westerly; light, with dull sultry weather.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Morning, 7h. 27m.—Afternoon, 7h. 56m
To-moanow.-Morning, Bh. 29m.—Afternoon, 9h. 7m

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THE SUN.
LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1860.

Amongst the greatest pleasures of life is that of
seeing a Duper done ; and the greatest, perhaps, of
this kind is when the Duper is a religious impos-
tor, and the duped a single female done by him out
of her money. The decision of Vice-Chancellor Sir
JOHN STUART, reported in The Sun yesterday, gave,
we are sure, this very high gratification to hun-
dreds, we might say thousands, who, like us,
have no other interest in the matter than that of
spectators. It is by no means necessary, the Judge
observed, to decide whether Mr. PRINCE, if we may
use plain English, were more of a rogue than a fool,
or of a fool than a rogue. Those who read the evi-
dence must form their own judgment on that point ;
be he rogue or be he fool, or a compound of both,
the law, we are happy to learn, is very clear ; so
clear that, in the mind of the judge, it admitted of
no doubt—and the law is, that religious delusion
vitiates a deed of gift made under the influence of
the delusion. Sir JOHN, indeed, distinctly laid it
down, and it ought to be well understood by every
man, that " no person who stands in a relation of
special confidence to another, so as to acquire
habitual influence over his mind, can accept any
gift or benefit from the person who is under the
dominion of that influence without danger
of having the gift set aside." If it can
be shown that sufficient protection was inter-
posed to neutralise the special influence the gift
may be sustained. The relation of attorney and
client, guardian and ward, parent and child, were
mentioned by the learned judge as instances in
which the doctrine applied.
The evidence in this strange case our readers
have already seen in full, with our remarks at the
time, and it is needless, therefore, to recal the de-
tails. Mr. PRINCE is the founder and the manager,
for what we know the legal proprietor, of the
Agapemone—the " abode of love." He is an un-
licensed clergyman of the Church of England, but,
having, while he had a license, officiated in Suffolk,
where the Misses NOTTIDGE resided at that time
with their father, he became a friend of the family.
After he lost his license and left Suffolk the father
died, and the young ladies seem to have been mys-
teriously at his disposal. Three of them he mar-
ried to three of his male followers, but whether
they were dupes or knaves we have no
means of knowing; but this we know, that
he forbade one of the ladies to settle her
she might have, with the
money on any family
assurance " from the LORD"—which, however,
turned out false, that she would have no family—
the marriage being for " spiritual purposes." The
whole of their fortunes were therefore at the dis-
posal of these almost penniless disciples of the
Master of the Agapemone. The other sister he
did not order to marry any one, but he had her
money, which was £5,728 in the Three per Cent.
Bank Annuities, transferred to his own name. The
marrying scheme was the more sure one, if he could
entirely trust his agents; still, having the money
at his own disposal was the more efficient plan, so
he tl'ied. both. The only defect in the latter scheme
was that of Which Sir JOHN STUART must now have
convinced him; Probably, therefore, in future, if
he can find female dupes and male fellow-schemers,
he will adhere to the marrying system.
No one can have forgotten the extraordinary as-
sumptions of this strange man. His victim was
certainly led to believe that he was only in appear-
ance Mr. PRINCE, since his own soul had vanished,
or been absorbed, or, somehow, the HOLY GHOST
had actually taken its place and dwelt in
h
He did not deny his pretensions
PRINCE'S body !
in court, but maintained that he was the successor
of the leading Patriarchs and of the SAVIOUR
himself—that, indeed, the dispensation of the
Gospel had terminated in its perfect man—
Mr. PRINCE, and that the dispensation of
judgment had now commenced! The most