The Sun.
London, England, 1812-02-22 00:00:00

LilIF REPORT.

COLIF.T OF KING'S BENCH, Fan. zi.

THE KINi) U. BROWN.
This Was an inforcom On On 'the part. of the Croe.m ,
against Colonel Thomas Brown, charging him with
a gross fraud, in forging a variety Of documents,
ses.Aning to be san6lioned by the subscriptions of G.
Harrison, Esq. And of the Hon. Cecil J:f.nkinson, as
if they had passed through the Secretary of .State's
Office and the Treasury Board, with intent impose
on Sir C. Brisbane, Governor of the islatia of St.
Vincent's, by inducing him to, cause 4,137 acres of
wasteland, in the island of ,St., Vincent's, to be
marked off as a, grant to. Colon 4 Brown, no such
grant haviag,heen made,- or even, thotlght of, at the
TreaSury or Secretary of ,State's Offiee, It appeared
that; t 805, colonel Brown, who had been a me-
ritorious otfieet during the American war, represent-
ed fo Govettiment. that ,he had a gang of slaves to
the number of 600 or 700 in one of the .Bahama
ishnds, .whom by his attention and .kindnep
he had truth- improved, that they—were.' rn•
'state Of encrease. They were not, however,
in safety where ,they then Were ; andrColooel
Brown's application to Government was fora grant
of a portion of the waste crown land in the island
ot.St. Vincent's, which he, should undertake to ctil-
livate in a particular manner. This application was
I,ivrxtrably received.; and it. was agreed that a grant
of 6000 acres should •be made to Colonel Brown.
It appeared, however, that of the' 6000 acres so
prooosed to be granted to him, upwards of 3000
were already in' the temporary occupation of set-
tlers, who had gone on cultivating them at a con-
sidertible expence. These settlers conceiving, that
•they were. at least entitled to a right of pre-emptiob,
in preference to a stranger,, made representations to
Government on the subjed, who being of opinion
that justice was on their side, allowed them to be-
come purchaSers
.of their different poSsessioncr,.at an .
-esiituated value of about 60,0001. Asa compensa-
tion to Colonid'Brown-, however, for the disaiapoint-*
Ingnii sustained by him, Government handed over to
him 30,0001. being more than the one-half of the
auto actually received, and also made a grtint in his
favour of the proportion. of'the 6000 acres Which
.contintted. in .rt waste state, amounting to nearly,
3000 acres ; and this without demanding any con-
sideration whatever! Colonel Brown seemed at
first pfattictly satisfied with this liberal conduct to-
wards biro ; but very soon resolved, by the present
fraud, to. get -the
,rnont:y,. and nisi) the additienal
number of actes,'to make op his original 6000 acres.
With this view- he procured a' letter to be written
and to be signed with a name purporting to be the
signature of G. Harrison, Esq. Assistant Secretary to
the Tcodeinfy. 'also a .stoteffient, or the' distribution
Colonel Brown's grant, Making' out that
0
47 aereS:ant.still due to hitn,,, also sanahmed by
itve suppesedstignature of Mr. Harrison ; and also a
docwineut purporting to be signed by the Hon. Ce-
cil Jenkinson, addressed to Sir C. Brisbane, order-

rug him,to hand over to Col. &TGWU the waste acres
iii the original grant, and also to (lire& the Sur-
veyor General of Crown Lands to, make good to
him the deficiency by assigning to him 4237 acres
more, so as to make up his original 6000 acre,s,
beskies allowing for deep places, ravines, public
roads, &c. These documents were transmitted, in
an envelope, bearing the Treasury Seal, 19 Sir C.
Brisbane, who proceeded to act upon them, and the
tolud might have been perfected, but for a dispute
between Colonel, Brown's Agent hi the Island, and
Sic C. B. which recoired the latter to wile to this
country,, in . consequence of which the whole was
'detected.
Sir C: Brisbane was examined, who proved that
he received the documents to question, on which he
proceeded, to act, as it they had. been real instruc-
tions truin Government.
Mr. sicele; a law stationer, and his apprentices
and clerks, proved, that the bodies ofahe papers in

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guritiott, were ' written in their office, in Chan-
cery-lare, front
.co:jes,.. furnished' to thern.by Col.
Brown; alio tivit a
plan of the property, to which also
Sit. C. lirkbane apoke, as accompanying the other
ducts nut., had lieen.lutnished to Colonel Brown

through Mr. Stcele'4 mean.
"Kul Moira, Sir Atured Clarke, Sir J. Stuart,
and Charles ShaW, I?mi. all. of whom had known
Col. lirov.n for upwar(l4 of 3t) years as a Meritorious.
and highly deservng officer, 'wan, in the American'
had niade fl 4 a !ices, and had sattered.
lunch on acCatitit (if 111yalty ; gave him the cha-
t I.,ter heitrf, atl ofijcer and a man highly es- -
;,.ettrid, and (It, !icJ,nt honour atilt
• Lord ELt.msoitOuc lid, the incotroation
taiuk• Otago& the (Hi.udaot wlth a 1,14!I anti toll!
titit,'Slloll 101' their Co944lClatiOft Wits,
whether bit charge had or had not been ini,.4e out_
!i'he otf,Atcc and effect of charatter were to lead
the Jury' to a decision where the evidenee lay in'
Liotinttol tieale.; but -it could 'never .1)1 allowed so
to operate as to out viwigh evidence altegether. Here
the defendant was clearly shema to have soperin.
tenaed, ordered, and Paid for the doetuntlits itt
oestion. 'nese docdttientit were' atterWards found
at St.Vincent'S ith OUgnatureg attached to
them ; alld it would be for the Jury. to say, the de-
fendant l!avoi..; been seen'superintending the former
pa, oh tna it.ins..clion, it they believed hint to have
bruit; ;ihit)t'OliCeVtted Itt this concluding vat t of it.
Jury, after 'consulting tor a few minutes.,
found the deleudaut

iiiSklol' UN LONI.mWs COURT, DOCTOR'S
OMNIoNs.
V. "'Et :fiat.
ThiS Wtti c.;itoe of of conjugal rights,
proiliotea by Anna iltllct a.;anitit (St; urge Maki,
her husband, thu parh.h ot tit, .I;iiircs,Cierktilweil,
in the coldly Mtddle,rx,
']'he eideticu in this case bv;»,,,, ,:aisfiglory to th,,
(Sir \Yid, Scutt) it decreed .he isustmnd to ake
ite home, and trcitt hgr with emijugal. atiettiCint