12 MARCH 1836, Page 12

The new Committee of the Stock Exchange have rescinded, by

an nnanlmous vote, all the proceedings of the last Committee in regard to the transactions connected with Lakeman's affair ; the consequence of which is, that the brokers whose checks were cleared retain the amount, and those whose checks were refused have to sustain the whole of the Ioss.

The London and Westminster Bank have been made returners of the Excise revenue for Surry, and Rochester, in Kent. The appoint. ment has taken place under the sanction of the Board of Excise.

When those unsightly buildings the Infantry Barracks at Knights- bridge are taken down, which is intended to be done at Midsummer, that part of the suburbs of London will be highly improved by taste- ful mansions to be erected in their stead.