Mail robbery. Holland mail was robbed. Foreign gold valued at more than £5,000 stolen (continued)

Whereas several Persons that were in, and Accessory to the Late Robbery committed upon the Holland Mails, have been Apprehended and Committed to Newgate (and some of the Gold recovered) by whose Confessions it appears, that John Smith, and Richard Alborough, were principal Actors in the said Robbery, and had for their Share about Five and Twenty Hundred Pounds Sterling, in Foreign Gold, Coyned and Uncoyned; These are to give Notice, That if any Person or Persons can Apprehend Them, or Either of Them, He or They shall have Twenty Pounds for Each, with a further Reward at the Rate of £10 per Cent. for the said Gold that shall be recovered from them: Or if any Person or Persons can discover the said Gold, though without Apprehending of them, shall have the same Reward of £10 per Cent. upon Notice given thereof to Philip Frowde Esq; Governor of His Majesties General Post-Office in Lombard-street, London.

John Smith is a middle sized Man, of about Forty years of age, full and well set, a large plump round Face, fresh coloured, and a very brown complexion, and went on Saturday last about seven in the morning with his Wife, from his Lodgings in Kingstreet, Westminster. Richard Alborough is a middle sized Man, and well set, thin face, and a very gray eye, went on Friday from Bloomsbury, mounted on a grey Gelding.