The Enquirer

DOMESTIC.

From the New-Hampshire Gazette.

Communication.

Messrs. Printers,

I have seen in Dr. Osgood's paper of the 23d ult. (Palladium,) and the redoubtable Major's Centinel 24th of the same month, (both Boston papers)—the number of vessels and cargoes condemned by the French up to August 1798. Not doubting the statement was made and published for party purposes, & contributes not a little towards prejudicing the minds of such as read these papers, and to help the federal cause—and thus by endeavoring to show the uninformed public, that the French are worse than the English, and do us more injury; It would look more impartial to have published at the same time, the number of vessels and cargoes condemned by the English as well as the French—And as it was not done by the New-York gentleman who kept the French account, I send you for publication a statement of English condemnations of American vessels, and cargoes, and parts of cargoes, kept by a gentleman in the vicinity of Portsmouth, to the year 1798. Also a statement of American vessels, and vessels and cargoes, and parts of cargoes, and officers' adventures, from 1798, to the condemnation of the brig Izette, capt. Barns, at Halifax, in August, 1803. The statement would be as follows:

The English have condemned American vessels to the year 1798, to the time the New York account of French condemnations ended:

No. of Vessels: 1276, Value of Vessels: 5,937,256.
No. of Cargoes: 2,177, Value of the cargoes: 71,323,000.

Take the New-York account of the numbers condemned by the French for the same period:

No. of Vessels: 950, Value of Vessels: 4,750,000.
No. of Cargoes: 326, Value of Cargoes: 28,678,000.

Thus it will be seen that the English have taken and condemned more than the French from the citizens of the United States.

Ships, 326. Value of these ships 1,187,256. Do. of the cargoes 28,678,000. Making more than the French, 24,365,236.

From 1798 to 1808, when the brig Izette was condemned in August, 1808, by the English at Halifax, under the orders of the King & council:

Ships: 710, Value: 3,286,210. Cargoes: 1800, 50,943,92.

Making together, 54,230,100. 79,095,356.

From this it may be seen at one view that the British have taken from the citizens of the U. States the enormous sum of 79,095,356 say seventy nine millions of dollars—and condemned more than the French. Fellow Citizens, read this, and say which has robbed us of most money, the French or the English—By this you will see, had not the Government of the United States put on the embargo, the English would not have left but very few ships belonging to the American merchants, and but little money to buy the beef, pork and butter from our country friends.