London, 19th April Lord Salisbury at a Primrose League Meeting in Covent Garden Theatre said that the Lords would not be diverted from their duty by any discussion regarding their powers. Mr. Gladstone's Bill would make a hotchpotch of the House of Commons, and the Irish Members would be free to cell their allegiance to the party that promised them most, Sicawei weather report, Friday, 14th April, 10 a.m,: The second centre of baron metric pressures reported yesterday, passed the same evening to the N. of Shanghai travelling towards the E. The rise of the barometer does not appear. to be rapid, and as a consequence the N.W, winds will probably remain moderate, "Continued fine weather at Shanghai, Upon the S. coast the winds should remain light and. variable to-day, but the mousvon should re-establish itself to-morrow. with moderate breezes. Upon the N. coast moderate N. winds probable,—Saturday, 16th
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