11 FEBRUARY 1837, Page 17

A duel with small swmds lately took place in Paris,

between two well-known jurisconsults of the Law School, on account of a passage of the Pandeets. The one who contended that the passage in question ought to be concluded by a semicolon was wounded in the arm. His ad- versary maintained that it should be a colon ; and quoted in support of his opinion the text of Trehonius. LBy the will of the late Marchioness Dowager of Exeter, the estates of the deceased, at Roehampton, have been left to one of her lady- ship's nieces. She bequeaths 5001. to a public charity at Stamford, and a small legacy to the present Marquis. The report of the prin. - cipal part of the property being left to Lord Thomas Cecil is incorrect. -