14 JUNE 1884, Page 3

Lord Henry Scott—Conservative—having resigned his seat for South Hants, Mr.

W. H. Deverell, of Bossington House, Stock- bridge, has come forward to contest South Hampshire in the Liberal interest, and the polling is fixed for Friday week. Mr. Deverell, besides being a Hampshire landowner, is a rising barrister and a thoroughly good Liberal, whom it would be a great credit to return to the House as an. accession to the small phalanx of our county Liberals. The results of former con- tests show that even under the present franchise the contest is a hopeful one. In 1868 a Liberal headed the poll.