The Sun. — 1837-01-12 (London, England)

THE FUNDS. Consols, which closed yesterday at 908 for the Account, and 888 89 for Money, opened at the same prices Lis morning. Exchequer Bills, 23 25 ; India Bonds, 12 14 ; Bank Stock, 210 211.  Spanish Active 24i 25-4-; Portuguese, 472 ; Three per Cents., 291 30. The following is an extract of a letter from an officer on board his Majesty's brig Leveret, at sea, October 8, 1836 : —" On the 9th September his Majesty's brig Leveret, when on return to the Cape of Good Hope from a six months' cruize on the east coast of Africa, in lat. about 24 50 south, and long. 40 40 east, fell in with a brig under Spanish colours, who having considerably the advantage of sailing, the boats of the Leveret were sent to board her. Mr. Foote, mate, in the gig, and J. Russell, second master, following in the cutter, armed. The former, when under the stern, hailed the brig, and enquired where she was from. A. person announced in English, Eighty days from the Havannah, bound to Manilla' Mr. Foote then told them he wished to come on board. The same person replied, If you attempt to come on board we will kill you all ;' but the gallant Leverets were not to be repulsed without a trial, and pushed on, when on a sudden a number of men to the number of eighty, made their appearance, and opened a heavy fire of musketry and swivel guns, killing and wounding several, Mr. Russell being shot through the arm, and the sailing-master being severely wounded in the elbow-joint, so as to render immediate amputation necessary. From the number wounded our boats were obliged to return to the Leveret, being then distant about two miles. The Commander being determined to trace the haunt of the pirate, returned towards Mozambique, anchoring there on the 20th of September ; and on the 25th, whilst laying at anchor under St. George's Island, off Mozambique, a redish-looking brig was discried in the offing, who hoisted Spanish colours ; we all knew our vessel ; the Leveret was disguised to give her the appearance of a Brazilian slaver, and the ruse answered—the Spaniard continued nearing the harbour, not a person was to be seen about the Leveret's decks. When the Spaniard got into the harbour the Leveret tripped her anchor and made sail into the harbour, and boarded in prime style the Spanish piratical and slave brig Dioginese, mounting eight long twenty-four pounders, having a crew of 69 men ; at the moment of boarding she threw her slave coppers overboard, and the Portuguese Fort of St. Sebastian mounting 80 guns, twenty-three of which were aimed at the Leveret, the guns beinc, worked by the crews of the Spanish vessels in the harbour, opened fire on us, one shot entering the hiwer deck ; a message was sent to the Government informing them of our waving taken possession of a Spanish pirate. This did not satisfy them, and they were not content with insulting the British flag, but they endeavoured by sinister means to get our Commander on shore to make a prisoner of him. After amusing themselves for three days firing on the Leverct and her lawful prize, five shot having struck the Leveret, they made an attempt to take the prize, which at first proving unsuccessful, they sent off a message to say that if the Spanish brig did not hoist Portuguese colours by four o'clock ; they would sink us and our prize. Four o'clock arrived, and no Portuguese colours were hoisted, they opened fire on the prize, and nine shot having entered her hull, we hauled down our colours to prevent downright murder, for we were laying within pistol-shot of the fort, and the shots were flying about like hail-stones ; the Portuguese sent off a large launch filled with soldiers, supposed to be Spaniards, belonging to the ships in the harbour—they took forcible possession of our prize." Our arrivals this morning are two French and the Ostend Mails, with ship letters from Oporto and Teneriffe.