In the House of Lords. John Macdowal, Merchant, in Glasgow, one of the Partners of the Company of John Macdowal and Co. Merchants in Glasgow; and Patrick, Earl of Dumfries, and William Cunningham, John Robertson, Alexander M'call, and Robert Finlay, Merchants in Glasgow; John and William Ballantines, Merchants in Ayr; and Robert Campbell, late of Queen Ann's County in Maryland, Trustees of the deceased James Browne, Merchant in Glasgow, sometime one of the Partners of the said Company of John Macdowal and Co. Merchants in Glasgow, Appellants. Mrs. Jane Fergusson, Widow of the deceased Gilbert Macmikin, of Killantringan, - - - - - - - Respondent. Respondent's case.