The Sun.
London, England, 1825-02-03 00:00:00

THE MURDER IN KENTUCKY.

Isaac Desha, apprehended for the murder of Francis Baker,
has been committed to gaol by an examining Court to await his
trial,at the next term of the k Leming Circuit.
A bill for a change of Venue in the case of I. Desha, from
Fleming to Harrison county, passed the House of Representa-
tives, was sent to the Senate, and passed with amendments ; on
its return to the House considerable opposition was made to the
Bill in its amended form, which it was thought might jeopar-
dise its passage at all.—( Danville Olive .Branch, Dec. 3.)
On the subject of this bill we publish the following extract
of a letter from a member of the Senate of the United States,
to a brother of the deceased F. Baker, Esq., dated Washington,
Dec. 28 : . .

" I received your letter by the mail of this day, and imme-
diately called on a gentleman of high respectability from the
State of Kentucky, from whom I learned that the law of which
you speak has really passed both Branches of tke Legislature
—that the design of it is to save the life of as great a monster as
justice
will lives—and that there is much reason to fear that
will be overpowered by family influence."

LAMENTABLE OCCURRENCE.—For the last 3
weeks the town of Gravesend has been kept in the utmost state
of anxiety, in consequence of the untimely death of Mr. Wil-
liam Bignell, the Mate of the lithe East Indiaman, and the
extraordinary circumstances with which it is attended is the
principal subject of conversation amongst the townspeople. On
the Bth ult. Mr. Bignell and one of his brother officers went on
board another of the lion. Company's ships lying off Graves-
end, and a short distance ahead of the /lithe, to spend the
evening with the Captain and the other Officers. They were
towed on board by one of the Gravesend waterman, who was
desired to wait with his boat alongside to convey them to the
llithe. About ten o'clock at night, Mr. Bignell and his brother
officer got into the boat, and the waterman proceeded with them
back to the vessel ; the other Officer got on deck first, leaving
the unfortunate Mr. Bignell to settle with the waterinan, who
demanded 6s. for his trouble. Mr. Bignell refused to pay such
an exorbitant demand, and called to the other Officeiwho stood
looking over the gunwale, saying the waterman wanted to
charge him Os. ; the other said—"Damnhim, he is like all the
other Gravesenders, give him two." Mr. B. presented him the
money, which was rejected by the Waterman, who told him he
was no Gentleman for offering such a trifle ; this zonsed Mr. B.'s
indignation, and he made a blow at the sculler, who missed it by
I stepping aside, and the unfortunate young Gentleman fell over-
board and sank to rise no more. The drags were instantly pro-
cured, and persons employed themselves the whole of that night
and for days after in endeavouring to find the body, but up to
Monday last all their exertions proved ineffectual ; and it
being known that a large whirl-pool is near where the melan-
cholly occurrence took place, it is feared his body. has sank to
the bottom.

The mildness of the season affording little
hopes of a plentiful supply of ice for the confec-
tions, four vessels are getting ready in the River
Thames, for the express purpose of proceeding to
Norway, Spitzbergen, &c. to obtain cargoes of
ice.

The success of the herring fishing in the Frith
of Forth is mentioned in the last page. This
morning the supply was about the same as yester-
day, that is, about 21000. They were sold to-
day at 3s. and 3s. 3d. a hundred, and retailed at
,
a half-penny each, and fire for two-pence.—
(Glasgow Chronicle.)