Lady Barlow was launched as Change at Pegu, or equally Rangoon, in 1803 or 1802, as a country ship, that is she traded east of the Cape of Good Hope.

Lady Barlow, [Arthur Allen] M'Askill, master, arrived at Port Jackson on 17 May 1804 with cattle from Bengal.

Campbell also had to agree to carry a government cargo to India for the EIC, a voyage that fortuitously proved profitable.

Customs eventually released the cargo but four months had passed since the seizure and in that time the price of seal skins had fallen.

[7] On 27 November the EIC's Court of Directors chartered Lady Barlow to carry a cargo to Saint Helena and Bengal.

[9] The British government chartered some nine of these vessels as cartels to carry back to France the French troops that they had captured in these campaigns.

[10] Lady Barlow returned to Bengal with Sir George Nugent, who had been appointed Commander-in-Chief, India, and his suite.