19th May, 1870.
In consequence of the case R. v. Ketebil, reported in our issue of the 18th, Sir Hornby delivered the following address, in the Supreme Court, on Wednesday, to a number of Malays. fearful risk that Retchily, a native of Penang, have called you together to explain the
and a countryman of your own, stood in yes-
You must not imagine, because the Jury took a most merciful view of his case, that ¢rimes such as he committed will not be punished with the utmost rigour, even with lea Since [have been here, now nearly five years, Fouhare behaved very Well, This offence of etchill's is only the second serious crime that I have been called upon to punish. You have shown, yourselves, a respect for law, and. Thave every reason to be satisfied with you. I wish you to maintain this reputation.
I wish the Malay race, here, to prove to the lo, and to the authorities of other nations, that they are well-conducted and not unworthy subjects of their Queen; and that they are grateful to her for her protection, for she re~ agnizes no difference between them and Englishmen.
wish you to warn your countrymen, not to imagine, "because Ketchill has been treated with great mercy, that they may indulge in drink—be cruel and passionate, and commit crime. Tell them to recollect that they are, here, in a foreign country, and that they must behave well to the native population. - That, while Her Majesty protects them when wrong ed as her subjects, she is bound to purus them when they wrong others; and she will do so. And if she finds, in spite of wareings, they ill-treat and abuse the natives of China, or quarrel amongst themselves, and prove un: july subjects, that she may choose to with-raw her protection, and leave them to be dealt with by the' local authorities. Tell them that it is the duty of men to protect women, and not ill-treat them, and thata man who ill uses a woman is unfit to be considered asama. Warn them that I am here to prevent crime, and to punish the guilty. This is the duty which your Queen and my Queen has sent me here to perform, and I will perform it. Tell your countrymen—especially. the ignor ant and the passionate—that 1 will not tolerate the use of the knife—that I will punish drunkenness severely, because it leads to crime; and that, if they, in their passion, in their anger, or in revenge shed blood, and death ensue, their lives shall surely pay the forfeit. I wish you to continue to be loyal and. well-conducted subjects of our Queen, and to merit the protection that she extends over you all, equally, alike. Lask you the chief men amongst the Malays in China, to warn your countrymen—to tell them I will report you as good subjects so long as I can do so, but if crime increases amongst you, you cannot, you must not believe that your Sovereign will luck on without anger."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.