16 FEBRUARY 1839, Page 8

• Sir Francis Head has announced, in a published letter

to Lord Mel- 'bourne. his intention of laying before the public a vindication of his proceedings in Upper Canada. Ile conceives that by submitting to Parliament the remarks on his administration contained in Lord Dur- ham's Report, Miuisters have freed hint from all obligation to refrain from stating his own case ; especially as, he says, they were in posses- sion of a cJinplete contradiction of the charges made against hint in the Report.

A correspondence between Mr. Fox Monk and Mr. Frost, a Magis- trate of Newport in 'Monmouth:• 11re. and a Delegate to the National Con- Vention, bas been laid before the Ilouse of Collusions. Mr. Haute, by Lord John Russell's direction, inquired of Mr. Frost whether he had attended a RIC: ling at Pontypool, where inflammatory language was used, and w bether he was a Delegaie to the Convention; because if prevalent reports to that effect were true, Lord John Russell would re- commend the Lord Chancellor to remove Mr. Frost front the commis- sion of the peace for the county of Monmouth. Mr. Frost, in reply, in- forms Lord John Russell that he is a Magistrate of the town of New- port, not the county of Monmouth ; that no inflammatory language was used at Pontypool ; that the National Convention is not an illegal as- sembly, but one for the preparation of petitions to the Legislature ; and that, as to his appointment to the MagiAracy, he sets no value at all upon an held nu the will of a Secretary of State. Mr. Maule's rejoin- der is a lecture to the Magistrate on the necessity of men in authority setting a good example. As it appears that the Convention is only a committee to watch over the fate of petitions to he presented 'to the Legislature, no immediate steps will be taken to remove Mr. Frost from the Magistracy.