[4] On 5 July 1817 Captain "Botham" wrote from Île de France that Benson, which had been sailing from Madras to London, had had to put into port leaky and with the crew mutinous.

[1] The Register General's letter dated 29 June 1819 stated that she had been condemned in the Isle of France in 1818.

[8] At Île de France Cadmus and Elizabeth took on the undamaged cargo from Benson: 500 bags of sugar and 179 chests of indigo.

[8] Colvin and Co., the plaintiffs, sued Benson's owners for 1651 bags of sugar and 12 chests of indigo, the amount of their cargo that had been lost.

The Court of King's Bench ruled on 19 January 1827 for the plaintiffs that their suit could proceed and that the charter to Betham had not absolved the owners of their liability.