SHERWOOD, GILBERT, AND PIPER, PATERNOSTER-ROW;
MADDEN AND CO., 8, LEADENHALL-STREET.

SUTHERLAND, CALTON-STREET, EDINBURGH; J PORTER, GRAFTON-ST.,
AND FANNIN AND CO., GRAFTON-STREET, DUBLIN; SPIERS, OXFORD;
STEVENSON, CAMBRIDGE; HALL, BIRMINGHAM.
R. &
C. CHALMERS
MONTREAL. LATTEY, BROTHERS, AND CO., AND THACKER AND CO.,

CALCUTTA.

ΤΟ

BROTHER JOHN BIGG,

WHOSE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE VIRTUES HAVE MARKED HIM AS AN EXAMPLE WORTHY OF EMULATION;

AS DISTINGUISHED FOR MASONIC ZEAL AS GIFTED WITH POWERFUL ELOQUENCE, GRACED BY COURTEOUS DEMEANOUR, IN SUPPORTING

THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CRAFT,

IN THE VINEYARD OF WHICH HE HAS, FOR A PERIOD OF THIRTY-TWO YEARS, BEEN A FAITHFUL LABOURER, OPPOSING AND EXPOSING, WITH MANLY

DIGNITY, THE ENCROACHMENTS OF FOLLY AND PREJUDICE;

AND UPON NO OCCASION WITH GREATER TRUTHFULNESS THAN ON THE LATE

MEMORABLE EFFORT,

WHEN HE WAS DEFEATED BY CIRCUMSTANCES AS UNLOOKED FOR AS UNMASONIC ;

TO THIS BROTHER,

WHOSE VALUED SERVICES ARE REGISTERED WITH RESPECT AND GRATITUDE BY A VERY NUMEROUS AND ADMIRING CIRCLE OF MASONIC FRIENDS, THIS

THE FIFTEENTH VOLUME,

OF

The Freemasons' Quarterly Review,

IS FAITHFULLY AND FRATERNALLY DEDICATED.

1848.