The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-20 00:00:00

SPICES.—The market has been well supplied with
black Pepper since Tuesday last. This afternoon at
auction 60 casks 107 bags African Ginger were taken in
at 56s ; 72 bags of Bengal at 255, 100 bags of Malabar at
255, being above the value, and 16 casks of Mace from
New York at 2s 6d per lb for common.
SALTPETRE.—To -day less desire was shown to pur-
chase rough, and 2,490 bags of Calcutta at public sale
were nearly all taken in generally at previous rates, viz.,
121 per cent refraction mid grey at 245, 111 to 9i ditto
24s 6d, 9 to 84 ditto 255, a few lots were sold at 24s 6d
for 1 I-I to 10 per cent mid grey, and unrefracted 24s to
24s 6d per cwt, being barely former prices.
RICE.—To-day Bengal Rice met with less attention,
at a decline on former prices of 3d per cwt : mid white
went at lOs Gd to lls, good mid bold Its to 11 s 6d, good
Ils 6d, sea damaged 5s to I Is. Indigo damaged I Is,
but fine bold white was all taken in at Its 6d to 12s.
Madras sold 3d to Gd per cwt cheaper: ord to good yel-
low fetched 8s to Bs. 6d, and mid white lOs Gd per cwt.
Run, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—Prices are fully
sustained fur Leeward Island Rum, and the demand has
been lively; proof at 2s 4d to 2s 4d, and good brown
2s 5d per gallon : the market has been nearly cleared.
Jamaica 30 to 33 per cent over proof fair quality at
3s 5d to 3s Bd, over good 3s 10d to 4s, 36 to 38 over fine
4s 4d to 4s Gd, and superior 4s 10d to 5s Gd per gallon ;
shippers as well as the home trade are inclined to get well
into stock. Demerara at 3s 3d to 3s 4d for 32 to 37 per cent
over proof. Calcutta Rum 2s ld to 2s 2d per gallon
paid for proof, with certificate. Cognac, best brands,
of the vintage of 1838, hhds at 5s 4d, puns at 5s 2d ;
ditto 1839, hhds 5s 2d, puns 5s ; ditto 1840, hhds 5s Id,
puns 4s lld ; ditto 1841, hhds ss, puns 4s 10d ; ditto
1842, hhds 4s 9d, puns 4s 7d • middling and good
middling 3s 2d to 4s 6d, and low 2s 10d to 3s per
gallon. For Geneva is 10d is the current quotation for
common shipping sort •, fine fit for duty is 2s 6d to 3s 6d
per gallon. English Corn Spirits firm, at lOs 6d per
gallon, cash.
INDIGO.—For East India of all descriptions the de-
mand has been brisk for exportation since Tuesday last.
This afternoon five chests of Madras Indigo at auction
fetched 2s 3d to 2s 4d per lb.
COCHINEAL.—Prices are maintained, and the demand
is improving ; Honduras has been disposed of, privately,
upon former terms ; Mexican silvers fetched 4s 5d to
4s 7d per lb. for low to good.
TALLOW.—The transactions in Russian, on the spot,
have been upon a more extended scale, and prices are
firmer ; P. Y. Candle, 41s to 41s 6d per cwt ; for de-
livery, at 41s 9d to 42s for the last three months of the
year. For other sorts of yellow prices are firmer; New
South Wales fetched 3Gs to 42s 3d ; 211 South American
35s 9d to 37s 6d; North American, 40 to 425; Cape, 44s
3d; Town Tallow at 40s 6d to 41s per cwt nett cash.
To-day for Russian Tallow rather higher rates were
paid, 41s to 42s on the spot, and 42s per cat. for de-
livery in the last three months of the year.
OlLS.—Southern has met with a better demand, at
27/15s to 301 15s per tun for common to fine ; in other
sorts of common Fish Oils few purchases have been
made. 34/ is the value of Cod ; and 351 to 35110 s per
tun for pale Seal ; Southern are announced for auction ;
prices are however moderate for this sort ; Sperm find
British has been fetching 851 to 86/ per tun ; and 831 to
841 for American ; Linseed at 25s to 25s 3d per cwt ;
Rape Oil has been in increased request, and an ad-
vance in prices has taken place ; pale at 37s to 37s Gd,
and brown 36s to 36s 6d per cwt. Palm brought 24s to
27s for low to good, being the full worth. Cocoa Nut
at 28s 6d to 30s per cwt. Olive Oil has met with in-
creased attention. Gallipoli fetched 45/ to 46/, Spanish
43/ to 444 and Barbary 39/ to 401 per tun.

THE " TARTAR SOLDIER" IN
HYDE PARK.
On Saturday last, about five o'clock in the after
noon, a very large number of people, princi
pally military men, were attracted into Hyde
Park to witness the horsemanship and mili-
tary exercises of a very curious individual, a Tartar
soldier, formerly in a Mahomedan regiment of cavalry
in the Russian service, who, it was understood, would
exhibit himself and his horse in front of the Horse
Guards barracks. Accordingly, at five o'clock, or
shortly
.after, the Tartar made his appearance, ac-
companied by several gentlemen on horseback, one
of whom appeared to act as his interpreter, and
in some degree to direct his movements, and a
large space of ground for his evolutions was cleared
out and kept, as the term is, by the privates of the
2d Regiment of Life Guards. The Tartar is a
good-looking man, apparently between twenty-five
and thirty years of age, of an athletic frame, with con-
siderable squareness of limb, but with no superfluous
flesh. He stands about five feet ten inches in
height, and may weigh about 13 stone. He was dressed
in a tight fitting tunic of rose-coloured silk, wadded,
and capable of resisting a hard blow ; very loose
trousers, drawn tightly round his legs just below the
knee, and met by tight black boots almost resembling
long gaiters. On his head was a sheepskin cap of
black wool, similar to those worn by the Persians
who were in the suite of the Persian Ambassador
when in this country a few years ago. He had
mustachios on the upper lip. His arms consisted
of a pair of pistols, which, in the course of his
performances, he repeatedly discharged, and a pole
about ten or a dozen feet long, which he used as
a lance, throwing it with considerable force when
galloping, and with so correct an aim, that had it not
been for the quickness and agility of the gentleman
who volunteered to be the object of his aim, and who
was also on horseback, a broken head or a fractured
bone would probably have been the result. We
believe this part of his practice is what is called
throwing the " djereed." The Tartar also dis-
plays considerable skill in lifting this weapon from
the ground without dismounting, but this he
performed without putting his horse in motion, mak-
ing him stand still whilst he recovered his weapon.
He also threw himself off his horse while at the
top of his speed, and vaulted again into the
saddle with great ease. The performances were
very well in their way, but nothing that cannot be
done, more especially the equestrian feats, by a large
proportion of the men in our cavalry regiments, and
by hundreds of others; and the spectators did not
seem to be much astonished by what they beheld.
Towards the close of the exhibition Mr. Maynard,
formerly an officer of the Blues, the son of Lord
Maynard, mounted upon a troop horse, with a fencing
foil, undertook to encounter the Tartar, who was
armed with a basket-hilted single-stick, and nothing
daunted by his formidable appearance and reputation
as a swordsman, succeeded with apparent ease in in-
flicting a " palpable hit" upon his ribs, just beneath
the left arm of the Tartar (who is a left-handed
swordsman), as the latter raised his arm to inflict a
perpendicular cut at his head. The Tartar did not
appear to comprehend what had occurred, and in
rather an irritable manner dismounted and did not
renew the contest. Mr. Maynard then threw his
fencing-glove on the ground, and putting his horse in
a canter, lifted it up without dismounting. This gen-
tleman also exhibited the feat of vaulting into the
saddle, and in the comparison of horsemanship with
the Oriental foreigner certainly suffered nothing. As
a skilful swordsman the Tartar is certainly to be sur-
passed by many of those who were on the ground,
and many of the Life Guardsmen expressed their
willingness to contend with him. On Tuesday last,
we believe, he exhibited at the barracks in the Re-
gent's-park, and was matched with Limbard, consi-
dered the best swordsman in •the regiment quartered
there, and also with Hemmingway, a good swords-
man of the same regiment. Limbard, in the sporting
phrase, had the best of him, and Hemmingway also
set him at nought. In the course of the exercises of
that day he discharged his pistol so close to the face
of the last named of these two men, that the powder
drew blood, and the man's face is blued, probably for
the rest of his life, as such marks are rarely oblite-
rated. Some allowance must, however, be made for
the impetuosity of the Tartar, and his total unac-
quaintance with the manner and feeling in which our
national sports are carried on.
The following account of this singular personage
may not be uninteresting to our readers ; we have it
from a gentleman who has had opportunities of in-
quiring and coming at the facts :—Balthazar Beck
Pogus is the son of a Kniaz, or Khan of Independent
Tartary, a country which boasts of never having been
conquered by, or subject to any foreign power. The
inhabitants are Christians. At the early age of four-
teen, Balthazar joined the Circassian army and fought
against the Russians for three years. At the end of
this time the troop in which he served were taken
prisoners, when engaged in a battle near Tiflis. As
Balthazar had no choice left but to be sent to Siberia
or to take service in the Russian army, in the hopes
that some day or other a chance of escape would offer
itself, he chose the latter, and was sent to Warsaw,
where he was placed in a Mussulman regiment, and
served in it for nine years. In November last, a mus-
ter of his regiment was ordered ; the horsemen under
his command consisted of 29, but as he appeared on
parade with 28 only, his superior officer inquired why
the number was not complete, and on being told that
the reason was, that one of the men had been taken
very ill in the morning, and there had been no time
to report the circumstance, he exclaimed, " Christian
dog, I shall punish you for this breach of discipline;
you are one of those who eat pork, and your religion
is a dog's religion !" and at the same time struck Bal-
thazar on the breast in an insulting manner with the
back of his hand. Thus outraged without cause, be-
fore his own men, the Tartar could no longer master
his feelings, and, in a state of frenzy, he drew his
sword and cut down the officer who had so griev-
ously wronged him. He saw, in a moment, that
he was a lost man, and there was no safety
for him but in the desperate expedient of
flight Beckoning to his cousin and his ser-
vant, who served in the same regiment, tq
follow, he started without losing #s moment. They
made for the frontier of Prussia, but by mistake they
took the road of Plock instead of Plonak. Meanwhile
an alarm was raised, and Cossacks were sent in pur-
suit of them ; but although the pursuers obtained
fresh hordes at the different pickets, so well were the
fugitives mounted, that it was not till after they had
ridden twelve hours, having performed a distance of
120 English miles, and being very nc,a,r. the Vrusiian
frontier, they were at length overtaken. An officer
with seven men rode up to them, calling out to Bal-
i thazar to surrender. He replied " Never;" and