... THE:FSOUTH-~ )F IS 'A ;A I i i i 7 - ., LISTS OF CASUALTIES; The War Office last evening isued tlibe flLowing:-. Frot Gienerl' Btiller Xeica 2.-Tbe- following casualties ocr during the reconnaissance rbetween Blood Rivetarid Vryheidl y20;:i : : - ILLED. :3rdDragoon Gnsrds. - Captain W. . -D., Goff. Bethune' 4outted ::Infantry.. -Lieutenants H. W. Lauaimn and NW. MeLachlon.: WOUNDED. ;: ...

... BM1NGHAM GUNSMTHS AND THE I FROOF-HOUSE AT-' A meeting of Birmingham gonaniths, to prote againsti the bill now before Parliamenlt to amene~d the Birmingham Proofhouse Act of 1868, and to suggest further amendments more in aecordanee with justice and equity for the artisasr of the trade, was held inst night at the Staniforti Street Board Sichools. Mr. F, Wake- ann p-esided; and them: was a ...

... THREATENED FLOODING OF COLLIERIES. Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the South Staffordslnire Mines Drainage Commissioners was, held at D;udley, L-olonel Cocarane presiding. * The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the engineers reports, said experience had snown that the present auxiliary plant at Rough i-lay pound was incapable of keeping down the w-ater during the winter months. In the ...

... UNIVERSITY OF BRffNGEIfAJi REPORT OF THE ADVISORY 'OM3ITTEE A HUGE SCHEME. we have received a copy of a report by tfhe Advisory Commiteo of the Birmingham University scheme. This document, if adopted by the council of the Uni- versity, will greatly enlarge the scope of the entire scheme, and involve the raising of a considerably higher slum than that yet mabsoribed. The resolution of the ...

... SHARP RECONNAISSANCE. BOERS FOUND IN FORCE. THEIR POSTS SHELLED. SLIGHT CASUALTIES. FIGHT NEAR LINDLEt. The following message was yesterday posted at the War Office :- From. General SirFRedversBunllr to-tbe Secre- tary of State for 1Wrar. SwTrNnro, Juoy 1.-General Talbot - Coke, with the Tenth Brigade, made a reconnaissance on the 29th June towards Amersfoort. He found 2,000 of the enemy there ...

... FOREIGN AND COLONIAL MALILS. letters, &tc., may be posted at Head Office. Birmingham, Tais DAkY (TUZSDAY). 'To Java and Sumatra, per Netherlands packet-to 1.3O p.m. To Canada, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, ?? per Lake Superior, via London- derry-to 9.20 p.m. *To United States. &c., per Kaiserin MXaria Theresa, via :Southampton.; and ToEgypt, by Freach packet-to l2 20 ao. ...

... THE SO U£TR AFRICAN WAR. ?? OABUALUTIE The War Office last evening issued thhe following list cf casualties from the General of Commu'nications, Capetown. July 1:- DA~NGEROUSLY IL The following are reported dangerously ill:- DsiwrtsnasP-lst Battalion Royal Scots, PFrivate J. Alarishall; Mounted Infantry Derby Regiment, Private XV. Bra-lhe'; BALezrrPC'TEcs.-2nd Battalion Berkshire Regiment, ;ri ...

... NEW MINISTERS FOR THE BrRMINGHAM IDISTRIUi''. This week will be one of considerable disturbance among Wesleyan ministers and circuit officials. Ti'e changes made in the ministerial staff of the differesit circuits by the recently-held Conference in li-ru :em wvii come into operation. Officially. the appointments are complete as soon as the stations are confirmed by the vote of the Conference, ...

... It is offieially iannounced that the Queei'stlbirthcday will be celebrated in London on Wednesday, May23, and at all other stations, naval and military, on Thurs- day, May 24. The Duke of Cambridge has consented to attend the athletic sports at Wellington Collbge, and to dis- tribute the prizes on May 18. The Germn ?? attended a dinner last evening given ?? F. Lasscelles, British Ambassador at ...

... I WARCORRESPONDENTS' LETRS SITUATION IN- RHODESIA. TE ADVANCE TO !MAKE KnZG: )X :4[Pes8S AccaiC& O L WFar iDCCal.4 - Puu-Glm aGArS'M.Inear Crocoilie-Pools), Februar 15, 19900-With Coldonel Baden-Powelil in Mafeking,. and ; Colonel Plumer fully engaged in preventing, with the inall force at his coxnmand, any encroach-a meants- fromn te whole 'of the. northern side. of the Tnansvaal, the safety ...

... THE EMPIRE LEAGUE DWNNER. - - 0 The Times says that the speeches at the British s Empire League dinner-last night were all that could tj ibe desired from the convivial point of view, and must Ie have filled the souils of the guests with a. soothing q sense of general harmony, b-at they do little to o satisfy the enqnirmg mind. Whatever the strength M of Australia's and Canada's Imperial ...

... - - i FREE LICENSE HOLDERS AND TEE i BREWERS. THE QUESTION OF ' LONG PULL. A meetring of free license holders in Birnioghan and district was held last evening at the White -1orse Lower Essex Stree'. to consider the action of the Brewers' Association in objecting to the renevwal of rho licenses of those publicans who refuse to reduce the over-measure to the percentage adopted by the associa- ...