THE COLONIST.

Colonist, Volume III, Issue 237, 27 January 1860, Page 2

THE COLONIST.

NELSON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1860,

In our anxiety to leave ourselves space to embody the proceedings in the Supreme Court in the case of Travers v. Saunders, we have apportioned that part of our columns usually occupied with our commentary called a leading article. We trust our readers will excuse the omission on this occasion. We might assign two very excusable reasons why we have done so; in the first place we very much question whether any other subject would command any attention at the present moment, and in the next place we would observe there are two considerations which should always be borne in mind by all persons who in their eapacityof editors profess to comment upon theconduct of public men whether as senators, Judges, Jurors or what not, namely, whether the most proper times for such a proceeding would be immediately upon the close of the proceedings to which the criticism refers, and whether the more judicious course would not be to leave space for the agitation to calm down, and the public mind be better able to take a calm and dispassionate review of the subject, and under this view -of the case we shalj content'ourselves with adopting the latter course, and confine our notice ".of the proceedings in the case Travers v. Saundej.s to the publishing of the evidence and reserving to .oiursefves the right to offer such comments upon the whole proceedings upon another occasion, as upon mature consideration we may think- the subject jnatter may justify and gall for at our hands.