Appellant: William Valentine, Jacob Bell, Robert Stewart Leppen, Samuel Graeme Fenton and John Mulholland, all of Belfast, Antrim, trustees of the Belfast Steam Ship Company, owners of the steamship Telegraph. Respondent: John Cleugh of South Shields, Durham, owner of the barque Palermo. Subject: Collision between said vessels on 28 Nov 1853. Lower Court: High Court of Admiralty of England.