NEW MARCH

William . b. Thirsk, Yorkshire 28 Jany. 1820; second cashier in bank of Leatham, Tew, & Co. of Wake field 1843–6; second officer of London branch of the Agra bank 1846–51; joined the staff of the Morning Chronicle about 1846; secretary of the Globe insurance co. 1851; manager in bank of Glyn, Mills, & co. 1862–81; secretary of the Statistical society 1862–9, edited the Journal for five years, president 1869; secretary of the Political economy club some years; gave evidence before select committee on the Bank acts 1857; F.R.S. 6 June 1861; author of The new supplies of gold 1853; On the loans raised by Mr. Pitt during the first French war 1793–1801, 1855; A history of prices and of the state of the circulation during the nine years 1848–56, 1857, translated into German; The political perils of 1859, 1859. d. 3 Sulyarde terrace, Torquay 23 March 1882. bur. Norwood 27 March, the New march profe orship of economic science and statistics at University college, London was founded in his memory. Journal of Statistical Society (1882) 115–9, 209, 284, 333, 389, 397, 519–21; Proc. of Royal Soc. xxxiv p. xvii (1883).