Happily in this great work we need not despair. The measures lately adopted have done much. The evidence of all the Naval Officers as well as Commanders of Merchant Ships, concurs in stating, that North of the Line, over a coast of many thousand miles, the Slave Trade, with the exception of a few points in the neighbourhood of Sierra Leone and the Gambia, is virtually extinct. And the continuance of these measures, well guarded and considered in all their details, as well as extended, together with such as we have recommended in different parts of our Report, give fair ground for hoping for ultimate success. Under this head we would venture to recommend that none but the swiftest vessels should be employed; that some of the best Prizes should be converted to the purposes of the service; that Steamers should be engaged in watching the intricacies of Islands, and the mouths of Rivers; that the system of paying by Head-money, so unjust to gallant men[12], or, perhaps, by Bounty at all, should be reconsidered, and possibly replaced by higher pay and the prospect of promotion. Encouragement and ample protection, at the same time, should be given to lawful trade in every shape[13]; and the Settlements which we hold, or which we may form, upon the coast, should be kept open indifferently to all nations as to ourselves, that they may see, and be compelled to acknowledge, that in all we are attempting for Africa, we are only endeavouring to provide a feast of which all may equally partake; and seeking, as the reward of our exertions, no advantage to ourselves save that which may fairly fall to our lot from a proportionate share of a more abundant table, spread out for the common benefit of all. [12] As an instance of the injustice of this system, we beg to refer to a case cited by Captain Denman (Q. 7099), in which it appears that the capture of two vessels, of the aggregate capacity of 80 tons, which would have held 700 slaves, was remunerated with no more than 576_l._, because they were empty; while that of a single vessel, of little more than half that tonnage, brought in 1,654_l._, because she was full. Thus the least laborious and dangerous, as well as the least effective service, receives the highest reward. [13] Perhaps one or two vessels might have this specific duty assigned to them, apart from the general operations of the Cruizers connected with the Slave Trade. IN THE CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. REGINA _v._ ZULUETA. _Counsel for the Prosecution._ MR. SERJEANT BOMPAS. MR. SERJEANT TALFOURD. MR. PAYNE. _Counsel for the Defence._ MR. FITZ-ROY KELLY. MR. CLARKSON. MR. BODKIN. _Attorney for the Prosecution._ SIR GEORGE STEPHEN. _Attornies for the Defence._ E. J. & H. S. LAWFORD. PROCEEDINGS INSTITUTED AGAINST PEDRO DE ZULUETA, JUN., ESQ.