Appellant: Peter Maddox, Thomas Lyon, Edward John Massey, John Harker and Margaret Swift, all of Liverpool, John Rawlinson of Beckside, Jonathan Caddy of Chester, John Harvey, James William Beesley and Joseph Beesley, all of Liverpool, and John Appleton Beesley, Daniel Doyle and John Copple, executors of the late Richard Beesley, owner of the steam tug Independence, and Thomas Cousins, her master, and the crew. Respondent: James Fisher of Barrow, Lancs, sole owner of the brig Arthur Gordon. Subject: Collision between said vessels on 6 Mar 1860. Lower Court: High Court of Admiralty of England.