14 MARCH 1891, Page 3

It has been at last determined that there is sufficient

evidence of the death in South Africa of Mr. Kynoch, the late Member for Aston Manor, to justify the issue of a new writ, and the contest between the Unionist candidate, Captain Hutchinson, and the Gladstonian, Mr. Beale, is now beginning to be very lively. In 1886, Mr. Kynooh, a Conservative, was elected by a majority of 782 votes over his opponent, Mr. H. G. Reid, and of course, therefore, Captain Hutchinson's defeat would imply a very great ebb of the Unionist feeling in the neighbourhood of Birmingham, where the Unionists are sup- posed to be exceptionally strong. It is to be hoped that the majority against Mr. Beale will be greater than the majority against Mr. H. G. Reid, instead of showing any diminution.