A suit of the best Superfine Cloth £4 4 0 A Coat and Waistcoat ditto 3 8 0 A Coat ditto 2 12 6 A suit of the best Second Cloth 3 10 0 A Coat ditto 1 18 0 An Elastic Cloth Coat 2 2 0 A Florentine, or Satin Waistcoat and Breeches of the best 3 3 0 A pair of Breeches ditto 1 18 0 A Waistcoat ditto 1 5 3 A Cassimere Waistcoat and Breeches 1 16 0 A pair of Breeches ditto 1 1 0 All sorts of Manchester Cotton Breeches according to their respective sorts and qualities, from 16s. to 1 4 0 A superfine Cloth Surtout Coat 3 0 0 A ditto of Second or Elastic Cloth 2 2 0 A ditto of Bath Beaver, from 24s. to 1 11 6 A frock suit of Livery, all Cloth 3 3 0 A ditto, with Shag Breeches 3 12 0 A Livery Surtout of Drab Cloth 2 0 0 A Coach-Box Coat ditto 3 3 0 A Cotton Thicksett Frock and Waistcoat 2 2 0 A Pillow Fustian ditto 1 11 6 A Duffil Jacket and Waistcoat ditto 1 10 0 "The above Prices are calculated for middle-sized men only, and the difference in all colours in grain, Blues and Greys, gilt or extra buttons, Waistcoat sleeves, &c., must be paid for extra."--(_Times, April 16, 1795._) [Illustration: Aping the Frenchman] Among the eccentricities of Costume, was a Coat devised by the then Earl Spencer. He made a bet that he would cut off the tails of the coat which he then wore, and appear in public in a jacket, which, within a week, should be the fashion. He did so, and won his bet. Gillray caricatured the Earl, in a picture 17th May, 1792. Earl Spencer wears (in the picture) a blue spencer red coat with brass buttons, yellow trousers, and blue and white stockings. The "Threadpaper" has a green coat and grey stockings. Both have plenty of powder on the backs of their coats. The fashion is alluded to in a paragraph in the _Times_ of 16th May 1795, and the "livery" therein alluded to is a covert satire on the "Windsor Uniform," which has been the semi-court dress, from George III.'s time to our own. It is said to have been taken from the uniform of a Berkshire Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, of which the King was Colonel:--