"An Irish Member once proposed in the House of Commons of that Country, to encourage the breed of _Crops_. We believe no such proposition is likely to be renewed upon the present occasion."--(_Times, Sept. 29, 1795._) "The price of hair is considerably fallen. The wig-makers declare people are so afraid of having anything from the _crops_, that they can't sell a _single peruke_."--(_Times, Nov. 23, 1795._) We get a curious insight into the manners of the young men of that day, in the following cutting from the _Times, Dec. 14, 1795_:-- "If the young men of the present day have not much wit in their heads, they have it at least in their _hats_. Amongst the pleasantries we have seen in this way, are the following: 'Not yours.'--'Hands off'--'No vermin'--and 'Rip this as you would a hot potato'--and other charming sallies of _refined_ and _elegant_ vivacity. But the wittiest linings are the political ones: Upon a table, the other day we observed one perfectly clean, in which was written '_Avaunt, Guinea Pig!_' and on the lining, in a very powdery hat, that lay in a window in the same room, were inscribed the two following monosyllables, '_Off Crop_.'" "A Crop, who had begun to let his hair grow, was accused of aristocracy, and had his head shaved in the form of a horse-shoe at Wooburn, by a verdict of his Peers."--(_Times, Dec. 30, 1795._) Clothes were dear in those days, as the following Tailor's bill shows--because we must reckon the value of money then at more than double what it is now:-- "Address to the Public.--Those Gentlemen who are inclined to a solicitude to their interests, the undermentioned prices will be found to be highly advantageous:-- "G. Brown & Co., Taylors, No. 17 Sun St., Bishopsgate.