Dislorn OF MR. KINLocir, M.P.—It is with deep regret that
we announce the death of this true patriot and excellent man ; which took place on Thurs- day night, at his lodgings in Parliament Street. Mr. Kinloch has fallen a martyr to the rigid performance of his. Parliamentary duties. Durin.,7 the long debates on the Address, and on the Irish Coercion Bill, he was never absent from his post, till driven from it by illness. From the time the Speaker entered the House, till the adjournment, he was always to be found in his place. This in- cessant fatigue brought on an inflammatory attack, from which he suffered severely, hut from which he appeared to have in a great measure recovered ; and he was on the eve of departure for his seat of Kinloch in Perthshire, for the purpose of relaxation and a change of air, when he was seized, on Thursday evening, with a sudden faintness, and was dead in a very few hours.
Though not distinguished as a public speaker, Mr. Kinloch was in many other respects a model for a Representative of the People in Parliament. lie posse:.ised varied and extensive information, great experience and knowledge of the world, and the most perfect and resolute independence of mind. In his own country, he was long distinguished as an active and useful magistrate and country gentleman, and was sincerely beloved in private life for his amiable and excellent qualities. The readers of the Spectator are well acquainted with the story of his proclamation as an outlaw in the persecuting days of Sidmouth and Castlereagh, and his triumphant return for Dundee under the Reform Act.
The electors of Dundee will now have to choose another representative. Where will they find a man in every respect so well qualified to represent a populous, commercial, and independent constituency, as Sir HENRY PARNELL ? —whose exclusion from the House of Commons is at once a loss and a disgrace to the country. We need not point out to them the advantages which they would derive from the services of this influential, experienced, and honest statesman. : .
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