The Express.
London, England, 1867-10-21 00:00:00

REMARKS.

A general increase In the beromenical ',rewire was reported
from our stations yesterday, amounting to nearly half au Inch
in the north of Stay land . thin morning the northern and western
stations show a diminution. The winds are almost entirely
south-westerly, and are generally fresh at our western stations.
Temperature Ls higher on the south coast of England than on the
west coast of France where fog has been prevalent. Rain has
been general except in the south-east of England on uur wes-
tern coasta the tall has been considerable.

The harem of the Supreme King of Siam is so
large that a week rarely passes in which he does not an-
nounce, in peculiar English to his friends in Bangkok and
Burnish, the bit th of • prince. His eldest son lately died,
and in the Siam Monitor, which he is himself said to
edit, he thus thanks the public for their sympathy :
" S. P. P. M. hiongkut, R. S., the old bereaved mournful
father of the lamented Prince Nooyai Nobhawongse Krom
Ma a Mahesuarlivavilas, begs to express his sincere thanks
to all who hare lowered their flags; showing their condoling
sign in respect sad regard to the deceased prince and his be-
reeved mournful royal father, dui ing the last three days and
who being his and the deceased prince', friends, wrote to him
several sympathising and condoling letters on this present
melancholy event, for mark and respect of ft iendship with
him ; from those who are in Bangkok and moreover from
those who will no doubt write to him on the subject of this
sorrowful inevitable event." Then follows in equally
curious English a biography of the pines, and • request
that " the foreign consular flags would show again their
sympathising sign for only one day," for the death of the
Siamese who went to London in 1857 as interpreter with
the embassy.

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EXPECTED STAR SHOWERS.—ME. A. S. Herschel,
in an article on November meteors, states that be expects
• very large star shower on the 14th of next mouth, but
unfortunately, at half past 7 a.m., a few minutes before
sunrise at Greenwich, it will cross the medial line ; and at
about 9 o'clock, a.m., when the sun is fairly risen in
Britain, supposing that the course of the meteoric stream
keeps its appointed place, the earth's passage across the
current will be complete, and the rain of fire balls and
falling stars, should its return be punctual, will cease.
Darin.; the night preceding and that following the height
of the shower no doubt many meteors will be seen.
ACTION ON • BETTING CONTRACT.—In the Man-
chester Court of Record, on Saturday, an action was
brought to recover 101. in a betting transaction. The
plaintiff, • licensed victualler, named Moffitt, in Salford,
to bet • man named Leach, in • trotting match for
agreed side. Articles of agreement were drawn up, under
which they were each tom • deposit of 101. at once, the
remainder to be paid in periodical instalments of 10/. each.
Accordingly, 101. was deposited by the plaintiff with the
defendant (also a licensed victualler named Holden), whose
name appeared in the agreement as the stakeholder.
Leach also deposited with him 10/. on the day the agree-
ment was entered into. The next instalment was
to be paid on that day week, but in the meantime plaint;ff
called upon the defendant, and told him that, in conse-
quence of • dispute between himself and Leach, he would
not have any more betting transactions with him, end
was determined to withdraw from this wager. Notwith-
standing this repudiation of the agreement, Mr.leach paid
two other instalments, and the defendant refused to hand
over to the plaintiff his first deposit as claimed, hence this
action. The facts being admitted, the questions for the
court was, whether the plaintiff could repudiate the
agreement
into woich he had entered, and, in order that
pointthis may be fully argued, Mr. Higgin, who appeared
for the defendant, consented to a verdict for 10/., subject
to his having leave to move to enter • uonsuir, oft the
ground that the plaintiff was not entitled to recover.