One of her passengers was a naval officer repatriating for illness, but who escaped French custody and later rose to be a Rear Admiral.

[1] On 14 March 1807 while returning to England from Demerara, Highlander encountered the French privateer Alerte, Captain Moreau, of twenty-two 8-pounder guns and 150 men, which captured her.

[3] Lieutenant George Augustus Westphal was a passenger on Highlander, being invalided home from service on HMS Demerara.

Highlander had suffered five men killed and seven wounded, including Westphal and her mate.

[5] The issue for 1809 had the same annotation, but also showed a change of owner, master, and trade, suggesting that somehow she had come back into British ownership.