Lieutenant-Colonel John Gordon of Clune, - Appellant. John Anderson, Late Principal Tenant of the Farm of Kirkton of Slains, Presently Residing at Damhead, Near Peterhead; and Adam Gray, Messenger in Peterhead, Alexander Shepherd, in Aldie, and Thomas Garland, in Ardlethen, and James Milne, in Mains of Esslemont; - Trustees for the Creditors of James H. Mudie, Late Subtenant Thereof, Respondents. The Appellant's Case