Charles Mills reached Madeira on 21 June, and arrived at Bombay on 24 October.

Homeward bound, she was at Point de Galle on 12 January 1814 and the Cape of Good Hope on 1 March.

British ships were then free to sail to India or the Indian Ocean under a licence from the EIC.

[4] Listings of departures in Lloyd's Register for India of ships licensed by the EIC provide the following information: Charles Mills, sailing from Bengal, left the pilot on 11 May 1822.

Sixty-six persons drowned; the seven survivors were at sea in a small boat for five days before they approached land.

While the surf prevented them from landing, the French brig Scythe, which was sailing from Mauritius to Calcutta, came upon them and rescued them.