21 NOVEMBER 1868, Page 3

Very few contested County elections have as yet come off.

In East Kent the Liberals have been defeated, and have lost a seat. In Hertfordshire they have carried two of the three seats and have gained one ; in North Devon Sir Stafford Northcote and Mr. Acland are returned as before, so that there is no change; in South Derby- shire both the Liberal candidates (and former members) have been defeated, and two seats lost. Lord Hartington seems quite unlikely to carry North Lancashire. Mr. Charles Buxton and Mr. Locke King, however, are returned in East Surrey. In Derbyshire East—a new division of county—the Liberals seem likely to win after a hard battle. In East Staffordshire, again, also a new county division, both seats will go to the Liberals.