BROTHERS, RICHARD religious fanatic, was born in Newfoundland on Christmas day, 1757, and educated at Woolwich. He was a naval officer, and retired on half-pay in 1789. In 1791 he renounced his half-pay for conscientious rea sons, and fell into considerable straits. In 1793 he declared him self the apostle of a new religion "the nephew of the Almighty, and prince of the Hebrews, appointed to lead them to the land of Canaan." At the end of 1794 he began to print his interpretations of prophecy, his first book being A Revealed Knowledge of the Prophecies and Times. For prophesying the death of the king and the end of the monarchy, he was arrested in 1795, and confined as a criminal lunatic. His case was brought before Parliament by Nathaniel Halhed, the orientalist, and he was removed to a pri vate asylum in Islington. Here he wrote prophetic pamphlets which gained him many believers, amongst them William Sharp, the engraver, who afterwards deserted him for Joanna Southcott. He died in London on Jan. 25 1824, in the house of John Finlay son, who had secured his release. The supporters of the Anglo Israelite theory claim him as the first writer on their side.