The Sun.
London, England, 1806-05-13 00:00:00

Ari - Imperial Decree J was passed the 25th 'ult.
stating that the. Regiments .of Infantry of the Line,
of-the following numbers, shall. wear a white uni-
form, viz. 3,4, 8, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21,
22,.24, 25, 27, 28, 32, 33, 34, 36. This change f,in
-the'-uniforin shall begin to take'place in the year
1007, and shall continue in proportion as the old
uniforms wear out, so that all the above-mentioned
Regiments shall be in white -uniforms in the year
t 809. The clothing of the Infantry shall consist of
. a Cloth coat and waistcoat, knit breeches; and cloak
or' great coat of beige: The .coat and waistcoat
shall last two years, the breeches one year, and the',
.cloak or great coat three years ; the white coat shall
last three years, when the blue one, shall be replaced.,
,ISTO change 'whatever shall take place With regard to
• the colour or,fortii of the clothing of the Light In-
The Artillery and Engineer Corps shall
preserve their present' uniform, to which shall be
added'a blue great coat; which must last three years.
On the King's Message relative to Prussia, the
Argus makes the following Observations We
r have received English Papers to the '23d of April ;
they contain What We conjeaured in 'out last Num-
ber. The People of England are greatly occupied
with the' hopes, of Peace, and 'Government seems
'desirous of 'buoying theM up -with these expeEta-
sions On the arrival of any Courier they conclude
`him to be the bearer of the most important Dis 7
patcheS—Whilst •the storm arising in the North has
augmented the alarms., They have €ndeavoured to
'Comfott the Merchants bf assuring them, that there
were but very few English Ships laid under embargo
'in the Ports of Prussia and the neighbouring-towns.'
Bet these., partial losses are of far loss' moment
than the general calamities which result from the
shutting of the
.Ports of ad'great part of the North of
Germany td British Commerce. Independently of
the loss of the immense advantage of this vent for-
. English Merchandize, there results from it an in-
terruption in the importation Of Corn, which Eng
land is in the utmost want of, since her maritime
and manufaCturing Establishments,sout of all propor-
tion \TT, ith her population, takes so. Many hands froth
the United Kingdom: The War with Prussia affording
no hopes of-success or 'compensation, is fooked upon
as a scourge. One may judge of the ill effeCt it pro-
duceS, and -of the terror it spreads 'in London,
' from the wording. of the Message which His Majesty.
sent to both HouseS on this subject, It is remark-
able for a Moderation of expression which Papers of
this kind afford but few examples ofin similar cases.,
1•Iis Majesty touches very 'slightly on the taking pos-
session of Hanover. This objet t is, indeed, so in-
different in itself to the English, that
,no attempt
Was even made to cause it to be considered as a ca-
pital grievance, or as the immediate occasion of the
rupture. The , English Government would, per-
haps, have confined-itself to amicable remonstrances
had this measure not .been followed .by the shutting
of the Prussian Ports to English Ships—So that it
may already be foreseen, that since the latter is the
real cause of the rupture, the other is not con-
' sidered as an insurmountable obstacle to accommo-
dation. His Britannic Majesty testifies in this Mes-
sage, that he deeply regrets his being fbiced to ag-
gravate the misfornmes, of the people- of, ,the Con-
tinent. .The latter May answer him—that his'Go-
vernment alone has caused them. It is manifest
that, had it not been for the intrigues and blindness
of the late Ministry, Russia would still be the scare-
' crow of Europe, and FERDINAND IV. would yet be
King of the Two SiCilies. Troia clue nuuc stares.--
,It is_with lan ill grace that one' deplores: calamities
whieh,one has caused one's self. On the
.ctlier hand
this Message represents the interests of Great Bri-
tain as Closely conneEted; with. those of the Cont-
neut. This avowal fallen from the English Govern-
meth, is an. eloquent relthation of some partizans
of the former Administration, who affe& to look
upon the state of. Great Britain as ,more flourish-
ing than it has ever been, since she has a few more
Ships and colonies. They acknowledge, then, that
England may. be combated on .the Continent ;
and, in this: unequal Strife,. having .nOthing to ex 7
pea but losses, she .can only contribute to the.ag-
grandizetnent of the Enemy who she wished' to.
weaken."

On • Saturday- last Enmuivn DAOY, Esq. Citizen
and Diaper, by virtue of the late order 'of the
Court of Common Council, paid into the Cham-
ber of:London the sum: of four hundred pounds
and twenty marks, with the usual fees,
_to be
dhiged from his nomination to the office of Sheriff
Of the City of London and County of Middlesex. •
• iThat Woodcocks' breed in this country is now
ascertained beyond 'any
„iiossibility of doubt : On
Wednesday last, a couple.of young Ones, about half
grown, were caught by a countryman in a wood,
called Shrub \Vodd, in the Parish of Caversham,
Ox-o-iit, and exhibited as a curiosity to many inhabit-
ants Of Reading—a third. was seen, but could not
be taken. The plUmage exaelly resembled' that of
the old. bir-ds, and the bill was proportionate to their
growth. A Gentleman of Beading very liberally
and handsomely rewarded the countryman for car-
rying them back, and turning them loose in the
woodfrom which they had been taken, as there was
not the least probability of their being raised by any
other means.

. Last Friday morning Moses Benjaupin, an eccen
'tric charatiter, well-known in - Goodman's-fields,.
aged 82, for a wager of five guineas, ran against an
hostler, half his age, the distance of a mile, on the
Commercial Road. The old man beat his antago-
nist .by five yards.
If any one mans has ever been more. successful
than another, it is Dr.• Solomon, who haS,broUght
his cordial Balm of Gilead to
.§uch perfeaion.that it
never fails removing the worst and 'most crabbed
disorder of, the nerves. It -alwaysexhilirates and
cheers the spirits, braces and invigorates the, whole
fraMe., Sach a Medicine, for its healing, balsamic
.friendlv, and. sam.tiv.; qualities Owl the debilitated
constitution, deserves the wondrous encotliagetuent