6/19 On the Sunday morning it was known that Mr.Mildmay had declined to put himself at the head of a liberal Government. He and the Duke of St.Bungay, and Mr.Plantagenet Palliser, had been in conference so often, and so long, that it may almost be said they lived together in conference. Then Mr.Gresham had been with Mr. At the clubs it was said by many that Mr.Monk had been with Mr.Mildmay; but it was also said very vehemently by others that no such interview had taken place. Mr.Monk was a Radical, much admired by the people, sitting in Parliament for that most Radical of all constituencies, the Pottery Hamlets, who had never as yet been in power. |