Obituary.

Scarborough for many years ; Bro . Bean , with praiseworthy affability , being always accessible , not merely to the student , but to the general admirer of the works of nature . His knowledge of the literature of his country was extensive . Every British poet he had read and remembered , and a series of British ferns , each with an appropriate poetical motto , is nofc the least interesting of bis collection

. The deceased brother was interred with full Masonic honours , on the 28 th ult ., in the cemetery , Scarboro ' . The brethren assembled afc tbe Freemasons' Hall , Globe-street , Scarboro' , at half-past one o'clock , when the Master Mason ' s Lodge was opened , and the funeral duties performed , after which the brethren formed a procession , and marched to Vernon-place , where ifc met the bodand proceeded from thence to the

y cemetery , afc three o ' clock . The brethren being dressed in mourning , with aprons and white gloves , the officers wearing their insignia and jewels . The procession was headed by the police , followed by the Mayor , Corporation , Magistrates , and gentry . The band of the 6 th North York Volunteers playing the "Dead March in Saul . " The brethren of the Royal Loelge , Filey , in the following oreler : —

Ty ler with his drawn sword . The Stewards with white rods . The brethren out of office , two and two . The Secretary with a scroll . The Treasurer with bis badge of office . Tho Senior anel Junior Wardens hand in hand . The Past Master . The Old Globe Jjodze m the following- order , with Aowers or herbs in their hands : —

The Tyler . Two Deacons . Drums muffled anel trumpets covered . Tho members of the lodge . The Secretary and Treasurer . The Senior and Junior AVardens . The Past Master . The Holy Writings on a cushion covered with black cloth ,

carried by the oldest member of the lodge . The Master . ,-, ' The clergyman . £ ? g THE BODY . ~ with regalia placed | f ° thereon , and two swords % " ^ crossed § (^ Chief mourners . Assistant mourners . Two Stewards with rods . Tyler .

The funeral service was performed by the Rev . R . T . L . Blunt , M . A ., vicar , assisted by Bro . the " Rev . Disney L . Alexander , M . A ., Chaplain of the Old Globe Lodge . Many hundred persons attended the funeral . The pallbearers were R . Champley , Esq . ( mayor ) , John Leekenby , Esq ., J . P ., Bros . J . J . P . Moody ( town clerk ) , Godfrey Knight , AV . M . ; Major J . AV . AVoodall , P . Prov . J . G . W . ; James Fred ] -.. Spun-, P . M . ; AV . B . Steward , P . M . ; and Solomon AV . Theakston , P . S . W . few brethren from HullYork

A , , Malton , and other nei <* -h . bouring lodges attended , and nearly all fche resident Masons in Scarboro ' . The AV . M ., after . the funeral service , put a sprig of acacia into the grave , and some of tbe brethren threw in their flowers , & c , and the Secretary his scroll . The weather was fine , but the wind rather high . After the funeral the brethren returned in procession to close the lodge .

MEETINGS OF THE SCIENTIFIC ) AND LEARNED ' SOCIETIES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JAN . Iter , 1867 . Monday , Jan . Mfcb .. —ROVAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY , at 8 . 30 . Wednesday , Jan . I 6 bh . —METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY , t 7 .

The Week.

THE WEEK .

THE COURT . —The Queen walked and drove on the afternoon of the 2 nd inst ., accompanied by Princess Louise ; and her Majesty drove out on the morning ofthe 3 rd inst . with Princess Christian . The Queen drove out in a sledge , accompanied by Princess Christian , and again in the afternoon with Princess Louise . Her Majesty walked and drove on the morning of the 4 th inst . with Princess Christian . The other members of the

royal family went out also . Tbe Queen drove out in a sledge in the afternoon , accompanied by Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice ; and on the morning of the 5 th inst . her Majesty drove in a sledge with Princess Christian . The Queen drove out in a sledge in the afternoon , attended by the Dowager Duchess of Athol . Prince and Princess Christian walked in the grounds

and the other members of the royal family went out also . The Queen and their Royal Highnesses Prince anel Princess Christian , Princess Louise , Prince Leopold , and Princess Beatrice , attended divine service at Osborne on tho morning of the 6 th inst . The Queen walked in the grounds on the morning of the 7 th insfc ., accompanied by Princess Louise . The Queen drove out on the

afternoon ofthe Sth inst ., accompanied by Princess Louise ; and her Majesty walked on the morning of the 9 th inst ., with her royal highness . GENERAL HorviE NEWS . —The return of the Registrar-General as to tbe health of London states that tlie deaths in the week ending January 5 were 17 S below the average , bufc that

" registration and funerals had been more or less retarded by the severe frost and the great snow-storm . " The Registrar-General must be somewhat of a wag , as , after saying that "the deaths of 17 infants accidentally suffocated in bed were registered during the week , " lie gravely adds , "After festive nights parents cannot take too much care of their children !"

There were no deaths from cholera . Tho mortality in tbe grert cities of the kingdom during the year 1866 is stated to have been for each 1 , 000 living : Birmingham and Hull , 24 ; Bristol , 25 ; London , 26 ; Edinburgh , 27 ; Sheffield and Dublin , 28 ; Salford , 29 ; Glasgow , 30 ; Manchester anel Newcastleon-Tyne , 32 ; and Liverpool , 42 . A very proper course has been adopted by Alderman Besley in tlie case of a person

convicted of sending meat to market unfit for human food . Robert Puclely , a butcher , carrying on business at East Brent , near Weston-super-Mare , was summoned before the alderman for huving sent four quarters of beef , a head , and a tongue to Newgate Market for sale as human food , notwithstanding that it was quite unfit for that purpose . The charge was proved ,

anel Alderman Besley , being quite alive to the well-established facfc that fines have no effect on individuals capable of indulging in such a dangerous fraud , wisely decided upon sentencing the defendant to two months' imprisonment in the House of Correction . Two foreigners , named Aelolpbe Kroger , alias Groger , and George Tapplass , were charged at

tbe Thames Police-court on the 4 th inst ., with having in their possession 107 five-rouble notes , which had been forged , with intent to defraud the Rnssbin Government . The forged notes were said to be very cleverly executed . From information the police received' they went to a house in AA'hitechapel , introduced themselves to the prisoners who lodged there , and , after a

search , succeeded in finding one genuine five-rouble Russian note in a small bag in possession of Kroger , and 107 forged Russian notes for five roubles each , exact imitations of the genuine note , but on different paper , secreted between a bed and a mattress . It appears that this latest discovery is an offshoot of the gigantic fraud on the Russian Government , aboufc which the public have already heard something . It will