On the 24th of April last deserted from Petersfield, where they were Prisoners on their Parole of Honour, Mons. Claude Veron, of Bourdeaux, late Captain of the Rostan, a Privateer of 24 Guns, and his second Captain, Mons. Antoine Lartigue; and also Mons. Francois La Vigne, second Captain of the Actif Privateer: They were assisted in their Escape by a publican of Godalming, who, after receiving of them twelve Pounds for his good Offices, betray’d them. They were retaken in London, escaped again, and were again retaken, and sent to the Castle of Sissinghurst in Kent, from whence they were brought under a very strong Guard to Winchester, in order to give Evidence against the said Publican, who was on Friday last indicted for assisting his Majesty’s Enemies to escape: He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to two Years Imprisonment in Winchester Goal. The three French Officers were sent to the Castle at Porchester, where, probably, they will have Time allowed them to meditate on the essential Difference between giving, and duly observing, their Parole of Honour.