BRITISH SENATORS:

OR,

POLITICAL SKETCHES,

PAST AND PRESENT.

BRITISH SENATORS:

OR,

POLITICAL SKETCHES,

PAST AND PRESENT.

BY

J. EWING RITCHIE.

"For these are the men that when they have played their parts, and had their
exits, must step out and give the moral of their scenes, and deliver unto posterity
an inventory of their virtues and vices."-SIR THOMAS BROWNE.

LONDON:

TINSLEY BROTHERS, 18, CATHERINE STREET, STRAND.

1869.

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LONDON:

SAVILL, EDWARDS AND CO., PRINTERS, CHANDOS STREET,

ΤΟ

EBENEZER HOMAN, Esq.,

THIS BOOK IS GRATEFULLY,

AND WITH MUCH ESTEEM,

Dedicated.