Statistics. ^91 
Refiort qf the Woolen Cloth Searchers in Yorkshire-^ivom the 
25th March 1810, to 25th March 1811, in the West Riding, the fol- 
lowing return*was made : — 
NARROW CLOTHS. 
This year .... 158,252 Piecesor 6,180,181 yardk 
Last year .... 15 1,9 1 1 ..... . 5,951,762 
Increase... 63,411 229,049 
BROAD CLOTHS. 
This year .... 272,664 Piecesor 1,671,042 yards. 
Last year .... 311,239 . . . ^ . 2,826,048 
Decrease . . . 37,575 1,155,006 
This diminution of the staple manufacture is to be traced to 
two causes ; the prohibitory decrees of Buonaparte, and the Or- 
ders in Council of the British government ; by the former of which 
our broad cloths are shut out from the continent of Europe, and 
by the latter our commercial regulations with the United 
States of America are suspended. Seeing the operation of these 
measures, and having their effects every way before our eyes in 
the number of artizans that are going about the streets withouf 
means of employment, we are not so much surprised that the 
quantity of woollen cloths have decreased so much, as that they 
have decreased so little, and this surprise will appear very natu- 
ral, when the public are informed, that of 1160 shearmen in the 
town and neighbourhood of Leeds, 400 are out of employment. 
But a falling off of only 925,957 yards will be in some measure 
accounted for, when it is considered that the shipments to Ame- 
rica for the fall trade in 1810, were as brisk as usual, and that for 
about six months in that year, the depot system prevailed as much 
as ever. Com- .M q>r' 
