... INCREASE GF THE EPIsCOp A jT^^- Lord Lyttelton has addressed the followne ' editor of the Guardian-.— ' l ?? Sir,— l beg to be allowed, thru ugh y OUr call the attention of Churchmen to tho ix, BUv ' tfae question of an increased episcopate * v ?? n * on tfae failure, iD its last stage, of the bill •- 1 cent session on the subject. It is po.SMb* k ' l^ earlier period of the session, some ...

... FEARFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.— LOSS OF FOZTBTEEN _I_IVEB. A most drear! r ul colliery explosion occurred about noon on Tuesday at Messrs. lironulow and Co.'s, Garswood Colliery, whioh is situ.ite in Ashton, near St. Helen's. Tbe town of 9*. Helen's was thrown into a fever of excitement on tbe news becoming known, and crowds rushed to the scene of the catastrophe, which is about three miles ...