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pe Verd Islands, where he arrived on March 10, 1815. The next day the Constitution and her prizes were in imminent peril by the appearance of English vessels of war coming portward in a thick fog. He knew they would have no respect for the neutrality of the port (Porto Praya), and so he cut the cables of the Constitution, and, with his prizes, put to sea. They were chased by the strangers, which were the British frigate Leander, fifty guns, Sir George Collier; Newcastle, fifty guns, Lord George Stuart; and Acasta, forty guns, Captain Kerr. They pressed hard upon the fugitives. the Cyane was falling astern, and must soon have been overtaken. Stewart ordered her commander to tack. He obeyed, and she escaped in the fog, reaching New York in April. The three ships continued to chase the Constitution, the Newcastle firing her chase guns without effect. Meanwhile the Levant fell far in the rear. Stewart signalled her to tack, which she did, when the three vessels gave up the chase