10 Do..6 pc Preference Shares Burke (E. & J. Burke), Ltd. Cannock & Co. Lim'k, lit'd C'bellingham & Drogheda Do., 4 per cent Do., 6pc Cum Pref. 20 City & County Building Sy. Distilleries Co., lim. 10 5 Gresham Hotel (limited) Guinness, Nos. 80,001 10 100 Son, & Co. to 250,000.. 10 Do., 6 pc Pref. Ir. C S. Building Society 5 John., M'ney & O'Brien, ltd Do., 5 p c, red. after 1900 10 Do, 6 pc Cum. Pref. Kinahan & Co., Ltd. 5 M'Birney & Co... 25 National Assurance 9-1-7 Patriotic Assurance Pim Brothers, Limited Do.. 54 pc Cum. Pref. Salt Union Do. 7 p c Pref. The Official Guide, Ltd. 5 Thom & Co., Nos. 4,304| :21 Alex lim. to 13,000 74 10 Belfast Trams 10 Dublin United Tramways Do., 4 p c Debenture N'th Metr. Tramway, Lond Provincial Trams, lim. Railways. so Belfast and County Down 50 Belfast and Northern Cos 100 Dublin, W'klow, & W'for 100 Great Northern(Ireland). 100 Gt.Southernand Western 100 Midland Gt. Western 100 50 Waterford and Limerick .. Railway Preference 100 Gt.South'n & West'n 4 p Mid Great Western. 4 pe Rys. Guaranteed Clogher Val. Tram., lim., perp. 5 p c Debenture Stooks. Gt.South & West'n, 4 pe Midland Gt. West'n. 4pc Do., pc Shares not fully paid up are given in italics. Bank Rate-Of Discount- 4 per cent. Of Deposit-1 per cent Name Days-Nov. 12th and 26th, 1890. Account Days-Nov. 13th and 27th, 1890. WHEREAS Application has been made to the Court by the said Owner for an Order, pursuant to Section 14, Sub-Section 1, of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1887," that the amount of the advances sanctioned in this Matter in respect of sales to the tenants of the lands set forth in the Schedule hereto (or part thereof), less the amount of the guarantee deposits, be paid into the Bank of Ireland to the account of the Irish Land Commission and credit of this Matter, and that the claims of all persons (except the tenants or persons claiming under them) who are interested in the lands sold, whether as incumbrancers or otherwise, shall attach to the purchase-money of such lands in like manner as immediately before the sales they attached to the lands, and shall cease to be of any validity against the lands. And whereas the said Owner claims to be seized of the said lands in fee-simple, subject only as is mentioned in the Originating Statement in this Matter, filed the 16th day of May, 1888. Let all parties Take Notice, that the said Application will come before me to report upon on Tuesday, the 25th day of November, 1890, at my Chambers, 24 Upper Merrion-street, Dublin, at 11 o'clock, and will come on for hearing before Mr. Commissioner MACCARTHY, at his Court, Upper Merrion-street, aforesaid, on Thursday, the 27th day of November, 1890, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, when a Final Order will be made, and all persons are at liberty to inspect the said Originating Statement at my Office, and any person, for any valid reason, objecting to such Order being made, may enter an appearance in the Matter, and file an Affidavit of Cause against the said Order being made, and appear on the hearing of such Application. And Further Take Notice, that immediately on the making of such Order the Court will proceed to vest the several holdings in the purchasing tenants thereof, and to charge the said holdings with the annuities in respect of the said advances. Dated this 6th day of November, 1890. HENRY E. LYNCH, Chief Clerk. N.B.-No application to the Court by letter or memorial can be entertained. JAMES DUNLEA & JUSTIN M'CARTHY, 19 Westland-row, Dublin, and Midleton, Co. Cork. SCHEDULE REFERRED TO IN THE FOREGOING NOTICE. Part of the lands of Hermitage, containing 15 acres, 3 roods, and 3 perches; part of Rostellan, containing 11 acres, 1 rood, and 8 perches; part of Knockanemorney, containing 21 acres. 3 roods, and 8 perches: part of Ballynafarsid, contain ng 12 acres, 3 roods, 8 perches; part of the village of Farsid and Knockanemorney. containing 5 acres, 3 roods, and 30 perches; Castle Manor, or demesne and lands of Rostellan, containing 847 acres, 2 roods, and 36 perches; part of Rostellan, containing 2 acres and 30 perches: and part of Knockanemorney, containing 20 acres, 2 roods, and 30 perches: part of Crocane, otherwise Ballynoe, containing 22 acres, 1 rood, and 37 perches; part of Knockanemorney, containing 106 acres, 1 rood, and 3 perches; and part of Rostellan, containing 5 acres and 20 perches: part of Knockanemorney containing 31 acres, 1 rood, and 24 perches; all situate in the Barony of Imokelly 150 and County of Cork. NORTHERN BANKING COMPANY (LIMITED). THE THE SIXTH-SIXTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the NORTHERN BANKING COMPANY (Limited), was held yesterday (Thursday), at the Head Office of the Bank, Victoriastreet, Belfast. The following Shareholders were present:-John Algoe, Robert Armstrong, J.P.; John Barbour, James S. Boyd, James R. Bristow, David L. Coates, Alexander Cuming, John Eliott, Samuel Davison, Armagh; James English, James Ferguson, James Gardner, Thomas Girvan, Edward Gribben, John R. Jeffryes, James Jenkins, J.P.; James Johnston, Francis Johnstone, William Kelly, Robert Kelly, Abraham Kidd, M.D.; R. Kyle Knox, William H. Lavery, John G. Leatham, Henry Lester, Andrew Lyle, William Lynas, Hampton Macnamara, Hugh Marshall, David Mitchell, Thomas Montgomery, J.P.; John M'Afee, Joseph M'Caughen, James M'Culloch, Edmund M'Neill, J.P.; Andrew Parkhill, Rev. Edward Patman, Thomas Sinclair, J.P.; Samuel A. Thompson, William Valentine, J.P.; Dolway B. Walkington, Hugh Williamson, William J. Williamson, William A. Woodside, Right Hon. John Young, D.L., J.P. Mr. WILLIAM VALENTINE, J.P., Senior Director, occupied the Chair. The following Report of the Directors and Committee of Shareholders, with the Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Account for the year ending 30th August last, were duly submitted to the Meeting : "The Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Statement, duly audited by Messrs. Arthur J. Hill, Vellacott & Co., of London, for the year ending 30th August last, are submitted herewith to the Shareholders. "After making provision for bad and doubtful debts, interest due on deposits, and rebate on bills not yet due, the Net Profits of the Bank amount to £45,647 9s., which, added to the balance of £26,784 18s. 9d. brought forward from previous year, make a total of £72,432 7s. 9d. Dividends at the rate of 11 per cent. and 5 per cent., free of Income Tax, on the A and B Shares respectively, absorbing £35,750, have been paid to the Shareholders. £2,000 has been appropriated to the reduction of the purchase money of Ball's Bank in Dublin, and £10,000 has been appropriated in reduction of Bank Buildings Account; leaving a balance of £24,682 7s. 9d. to be carried forward to next account. "A resolution will be submitted for the consideration of the Meeting to increase the salary of the Junior Director to the extent of £250 a year, in accordance with the unanimous recommendation of the Shareholders' Committee. "The Capital of the Bank is £2,000,000, of which £400,000 has been paid up, and the Reserve Fund is £190,000. "BELFAST, 15th October, 1890." "Signed by Order, "JOHN YOUNG, "Chairman of Shareholders' Committee. DR. To Capital Paid up To Reserve Fund NORTHERN BANKING COMPANY (LIMITED)—continued. BALANCE SHEET, 30TH AUGUST, 1890. CAPITAL AND LIABILITIES. To Notes in Circulation To Deposits and Credit Accounts To Officers' Superannuation and Guarantee Funds To Balance carried forward to next Account DR. PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 30TH AUGUST, 1890. To Dividend paid in March last To Dividend paid on 10th September 8. A. THOMPSON, Secretary. WILLIAM VALENTINE. J. R. JEFFRYES, We have verified the correctness of the Cash and Notes on hand at the Head Office, and have examined the securities held against the money at call and short notice, and also those representing the investments of the Bank, and in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1879, we have examined the foregoing Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Account with the books of the Company and the certified returns from the Branches, and beg to report that in our opinion such Accounts are properly drawn up, so as to exhibit a true and correct view of the state of the Company's affairs, as shown by the books of the Company. ARTHUR J. HILL, VELLACOTT, & CO., Chartered Accountants. 1 FINSBURY CIRCUS, LONDON, E.C., 25th September, 1890. The following Resolutions were unanimously adopted : Proposed by William Valentine, Esq., J.P. (Chairman of the Meeting); seconded by D. B. Walkington, Esq. "That the Report now read, and Statement of Accounts, be received, entered on the Minutes, Proposed by the Right Hon. John Young, D.L., J.P.; seconded by D. B. Walkington, Esq.- Proposed by Robert Kelly, Esq.; seconded by James Jenkins, Esq., J.P. "That Messrs. Arthur J. Hill, Vellacott & Co., Actuaries and Accountants, of Finsbury Circus, London, be appointed Auditors for the ensuing year, and that their remuneration shall be one hundred and fifty guineas." Proposed by David Mitchell, Esq.; seconded by Alexander Cuming, Esq. "That the thanks of the Shareholders are due, and are hereby given, to the Directors and Committee of Shareholders for their attention to the affairs of the Bank during the past year." 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Cut out and preserve for future reference 173 Printed and Published by the Proprietor, JOHN FALCONER. every Saturday, at 53 Upper Sackville-street, in the Parish of St. Thomas, and City of Dublin.-Saturday, November 8, 1890. 171 AND VOL. XXIV. SOLICITORS' JOURNAL. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1890. QUESTIONS OF TITLE OUSTING JURISDICTION OF JUSTICES.-III. THE latest case on the subject in hand, Philpot, app. v. Bugler, resp. (54 J. P. 646), next to be noticed, at greater length because of its recency and the possibility that some practitioners may possess no other opportunity of knowing the decision, was a case relating to game; as were the cases of Legg v. Pardoe, 9 C. B. N. S. 289, 30 L. J. M. C. 108, Cornwall v. Saunders, 3 B. & S. 206, 32 L. J. M. C. 6, R. v. Js. of Derbyshire, H W. R. 780, R. v. Cridland, 7 E. & B. 853, 27 L. J. M. C. 28, Leat v. Vine, 30 L. J. M. C. 207, White v. Fox, 49 ib. 61, and Watkins v. Major, L. R. 10 C. P. 662, 44 L. J. M. C. 164. References may, also, be addled here to R. v. Pratt, 24 L. J. M. C. 113, R. v. Crichlow, 26 W. R. 181, and Watkins v. Smith, 38 L. T. N. S. 525, 26 W. R. 692, as those cases are not cited in the latest Irish book dealing with the jurisdiction of magistrates, and to Lovesy v. Stallard, 30 L. T. N. S. 792, as (though noted at p. 742) it is not cited in the chapter (p. 38) dealing with the subject here in hand. Indeed, the pursuit of game gives rise so continually to the practical application of the doctrine under notice, that it would be unpardonable not to make some apparent effort to group together the authorities in point, and to review the most recent. Bugler was charged, under 1 & 2 W. IV. c. 32, s. 30, for that, at the parish of Whitchurch Canonicorum, Co. Dorset, he did unlawfully commit a certain trespass by entering and being in the daytime on lands called Court Orchard, in search of game. Bugler and Philpot were two gentleman owning adjoining properties. Bugler's covert was separated from a field of Philpot's by a hedge, standing on Bugler's ground. There was a public footpath over Philpot's field, parallel with the hedge. The field was called Court Orchard. Bugler, with a gun "at ready "and two dogs, went along the public foothpath in Court Orchard to shoot, directing his servant, inside the covert, to beat his, Bugler's, own covert and hedge. Police constable Edwin Long happened to pass that way and this, as he described it, is what took place: "I said (addressing Bugler), Are they shooting the covers to-day?' as I heard firing in this direction. He said, Yes, they have shot this, and are now down in Yondover Fields.' I said, 'Have they had good sport?' He said, 'They have had some shooting, but I don't think they have had many birds, for as soon as birds are out of the cover they are on other people's land.' I said, 'It's not etiquette to shoot birds which stray from a cover.' He said, 'That be dtale. If I found a couple of pheasants here I should have shot them."" At the hearing before the worthy magistrates for Dorset it was contended, on behalf of Bugler, that he had a right to be in one of the public _d for a No. 1,242 paths in Court Orchard, and to try the hedge of which he had the right of shooting whilst in such public path, and the question of right to do as he had done was raised by his solicitor, who quoted the case of Legg v. Pardoe, 30 L. J. M. C. 108, in support of his contention; while, on behalf of Philpot, it was contended that Bugler did not confine himself to the paths in Court Orchard, and that he had no right to try the hedge whilst in Court Orchard, and that in doing as he did he had committed a trespass in pursuit of game. The magistrates dismissed the information, but, at the instance of Philpot, stated a case for the Queen's Bench Division, saying, after narrating the circumstances: "We, finding that as respondent had the right to the shooting of the hedge, and seeing that the evidence as to his being in the footpath in Court Orchard was conflicting, and the right to try the hedge. as was done was claimed by respondent, gave our determination against the appellant in the manner before stated. The question of law upon which this case is stated for the opinion of the Court, therefore, is, whether the question of right or title raised by the respondent was sufficient to oust our jurisdiction, and to justify us in dismissing the said information." They were wrong, declared the Queen's Bench Division. Bugler's offence was trespass, in entering or being upon the land in search or pursuit of game; and it mattered not at all, as Huddleston, B., pointed out, whether game was killed, or whether any "lethal weapon" was used for the purpose. It is obvious, he added, that Bugler was there for the purpose of killing the game which might turn up. If the game appeared on Philpot's land it is Philpot's game, although it came from Bugler's land. The moment it crossed the hedge and became the subject of Bugler's quest, it was Philpot's game, and it is impossible to say Bugler was not there on the land in search or pursuit of game' which are the words of the Act. The magistrates have seemed to think I daresay reasonably led away by this case which they were referred to, of Legg v. Pardoe-that there was a question of right which ousted their jurisdiction. But Legg v. Pardoe was a very different thing, because in that case the very land was in dispute. That is a reasonable ground when one man says, 'It is my land,' and the other man says it is his land; and it would be difficult to say that was not a claim of right. There is no statute unless the words are used in this statute that ousts the magistrates' jurisdiction. I find that it is pointed out in Paley on Convictions that it is a maxim that where title to property is in question, the exercise of a summary jurisdiction by justices of the peace is ousted.' Was there any property in question here? If the point raised had been like the point raised in Legg v. Pardoe, that the land was in dispute, I could quite understand 66 |