24 FEBRUARY 1849, Page 10

The Admiralty have resolved on another Arctic expedition in search

of the missing one under Sir John Franklin. The North Star, a "donkey frigate" in ordinary at Sheerness, is fitting out, and will start for Baffin's Bay in six weeks.

The Lord Chancellor yesterday invited the following gentlemen to take their seats inside the bar—Mr. Sergeant Kinglake, on his obtaining a patent of prece- dence; Mr. Edward Lloyd, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Manus, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Keating, and Mr. Roundel] Palmer, on their being appointed Queen's counsel.

Mr. Bernard Barton, the Quaker poet, died suddenly, at Woodbridge, on Mon- day, of an affection of the heart.