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Our obituary announces the death, on Saturday
last Of Mr.. George Combe, st Moor Park Surrey,
where be was staying for the benefit Of his health
Mr.. COmbe, who was the great champion Of phiio-
sophica phrenology, was born in Eduourgh IA 100,
where he continued TO reside. He was edueated for
the Law, became writer to The signes as the scotch
attorneys are called and praeis5d for twenty years
The opinion Of Gan sud Spurzheim attracted his no
tice; he studied hems aBd being convinced that they
had basis in nature, pursued The subject, aud in
1919 publis he'd his observations in = Essays on
PhrenologyR under the lille OF = A system OF Phre>
nology,i in two Eol umes. he and Others founded
The PhrsaOlogeGl JolrGl which vas afterwards con
Quoted by has RELATIVES Mr. Cox Ia le2s ne pups
lished I" The Constitution Of MRns Considered ID
keetOnt 70 External Objects u This attracted great
attention, andsa Mr. Henderson thought so highly
Of IL that he subsequently, bequeathed suu OF
money to be expended In the production q ? very
cheap edition Of the book. The novelty OF the CIR
cumstsnce drew e0the subject an addrtiouat auoan1
Of attention the cheap edition was very cheap
edition il sold raught the ear Of The people, edle
ton after edition exhausieds unfil a. iengtn II
has been questioned Ehether any modern volume,
after 81 Uncle Toms Cabin" has obtained leTgers
circulaliOu 80 800 copies Of it have been printed
in Great Britain; besldesrlarge sales ID me pnltea
States TRANSACTIONS have also been made into Ger
man, French and Swedish Mr. Combe was an un>
EearIed laborer, up to almost the last DAY OF ms
life in the promotion Of education. Thropghout
very wide crce-a circle not limited 70 this country
America-the announcement Of Mr.. Combes death
will be received not merely as telling of The depar-
ture ola man in many respects one Of the most re-
markable Of his generation but as Of the loss Of
kind, oOnsiderate, jealous Eiepd,-rL9naoa Times,
Aug. l6th sezsrns7 .4fr5vsrsag .rssrre s-s.1a
From the Scotsman Of Aug. !. 7E f'
Distressing Case OF 8iganly at Edinburgh.
Yesterday evening the Hon. Major ,Yelverton Of
the Royal ArtileTy, who unprecedented and lodged
in the Cation Jail on Thursday evening, charged
with bigamy, was liberated on bail. The amount
Of tne security, we understand, is & LOCO The cir
eumstanoes Of this painful case nave been for several
months Familiarity knOWusln Hamburger circles, and
there is now no use in abStainiug from mentioning
them, so far as they are supposed to be known. Il
is understood that q considerable number Of months
ago. Major Yelyerien who is the secOndson Of Lord
AvOnmore, an Irish peer went through the form of
marriage in Ireland with Miss LoDgWerth, Irish
lady of respectable family and some private fortune.
Miss LoDgworth had formerly resided or visited in
Edinburgh, where she formed the mountaineering
of some Of the highest in position among our citizens,
and had also acted lady nurse in abe CrimeaY at
the period when Major Yelyerton was there on SER
vice. The marriage ceremony in Ireland was per
formed, it is understood, by Roman Catholic priest,
and there are doubts more than doubts, as to It's
legal efficacy, Major Yelverton being Protestant,
although Miss LoDgWorth had become acOnFert TO
the Romish Church. But subsequently, the couple
lived in lodgings in Edinburgh, in the avowed char
scter, il is alleged, Of man and wife, which would
constitute lega marriage according to Scotch law;
and good deal viii depend upon the facts as this
point, TO both the civil aud criminal cases which
may be said have already arisen. They also rav-
eled on the Continent with passport in which they
we're designated as Mr. and Mrs. Yelverton. Ia
June last, Major Yelyerton, leaving his supposed
wife in Paris, came TO Edinburgh, and on the 26th
of that month was married in the Episcopal Chapal,
Trinity, by Dean Ramsay, to the widow Of our late
lsmented townsman Prof Edward Forbes, daugh-
ter of the late Gen. Sir Charles AshWorth. This
marriage was not at FIRST announced in the news
papers in the usual way, but received a wide and
Simultaneous publication about three weeks after
ward The facts, it is understood, that the sup
posed first wife having got hint Of Major YeiveronE
Intentions followed him closely from Paris arriving
either Immediately after the second marriage or, ii
is said even before it, though unable to prevent its
solemnzatiOn, or perhaps to ascertain when and
where it was to be performed. OF course she and
her relatives Immediately took such steps as have
now led 20 the arrest Of Major YeiveTtoa Ga the
charge Of bigamy, and will lead doubtless TO the
raising of at least action regarding civil rights
These we believe are the main facts Of the case, 81
far as they have JTanspred, although We cannot b'
Of their entir accuracy. The affair has, az
might be expected, created much interest, aud
though all the facts are not yet certainly known
much sympathy for both Of the ladies'