_Extract from the Book kept at the Station-house on Garlick Hill, containing the Entries of Charges made on Wednesday, August 23, 1843._ Hour 3. 50.--PEDRO DE ZULUETA (32), 22, Moorgate Street, brought in by P. C.[14] 489, ---- Tye, charged by Sir George Stephen, 17, King’s Arms Yard, Coleman Street, with Felony (_Slave Trading_); also with Conspiracy, a true Bill having been found against him at the C. C. Court on both of the above charges. (signature of person charging) “GEORGE STEPHEN.” [14] P. C. means Police Constable. (_From the Anti-Slavery Reporter._) CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1843. (Before the Recorder.) EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR. The Grand Jury having, in the course of the day, returned true bills against Pedro de Zulueta the younger, of the parish of St. Mary-le-Bow, merchant, Thomas Jennings, and Thomas Bernardos, late of the same place, mariners, for felony, Mr. _Clarkson_ applied to his Lordship under, as he said, circumstances of a rather peculiar character. Two bills had been found against Mr. de Zulueta for felony and misdemeanor. He was a highly respectable merchant of the City of London, and he was charged with conspiring, with other persons, to fit out a ship for the purpose of trading in slaves. The proceedings before the Grand Jury were of course entirely _ex parte_, and no application had been made to any magistrate. The first intimation which Mr. de Zulueta had of the fact was his being taken into custody, and he knew nothing of the nature of the charge beyond what was entered in the police-sheet. The _Recorder_ asked, was the defendant present? Mr. _Clarkson_ said he was in custody, and was on his way to the Court. The _Recorder_ asked, what was the application which Mr. Clarkson wished to make? Mr. _Clarkson_ said he wanted the defendant to be allowed to give bail. Sir _G. Stephen_, who, it appeared, was the solicitor for the prosecution, stated that the charge against Mr. Zulueta was founded upon the Act of the 5th of Geo. IV, which declared the offence imputed to the prisoner to be felony. In answer to the Court, he added that the charge was framed under that section of the Act which rendered the party convicted liable to the penalty of transportation for fourteen years. The _Recorder_ said that if the learned counsel intended to enforce his application for bail, he apprehended that it would be incumbent upon him to show more reason for such a course than the mere statement that the party had been taken by surprise. Mr. _Clarkson_ trusted that the circumstances he had stated would be considered sufficient by the Court. The fact of the defendant being so suddenly arrested and placed in confinement would cause the greatest distress to his family. He was prepared to put in bail to any amount. The _Recorder_ inquired if there was any objection to bail being taken?