Gazette Of The United States

LONDON, September 25.

The old constitution of France, in one thing, and we believe in that single point, is superior even to this happy country. By the law, every person who has ever had ten children in lawful wedlock, whether they are alive or not, is exempted from taxes,—a law worthy to be inserted in our statutes.

The decree which enjoins, that the refractory priests shall receive no passports for any country actually at war with France, will now force them to pass into England; for in ten days from this date, France is likely to be engaged in hostilities with every power that is near them.

Several hundreds of French priests and nobles have arrived at Jersey within this fortnight; some of them are reduced to that degree of poverty, that they are obliged to teach French and Belles letters at six sous a lesson, and others are forced to hire themselves as gardeners.

Doctor Priestley has declined the office of sitting in the National Convention of France, though he has been chosen for three places.

The hall, now occupied by the National Convention of France, is on the first floor of the Thuilleries, and was once intended for a Theatre, at the spectacles of which the court only were to be present. The old decorations of the palace have been removed, and ordered to be sold.