Mail robbery. Exchequer notes stolen between Rumford and London

These are to give Notice, That 77 Exchequer Bills received for the Duties on Malt, Dated, Numbred, and containing the Principal Sums hereunder mentioned, sent by the Post from Diss in the County of Norfolk, and directed to the Commissioners of Excise, were taken from the Postman between Rumford and London on Wednesday the 2d of March Instant: All Persons therefore to whom any of the said Exchequer Bills shall come, or be offered in Payment, are hereby desired to secure such Exchequer Bills, and to carry the Person tendring any of the said Bills before one of His Majesties Justices of the Peace, to be Examined how he came by such Bill or Bills, and from whom he received the same, and forthwith to give notice thereof to the Cashire of His Majesties Excise, or to the Cashire of the Post Office; And whosoever shall secure any of the said Bills shall have a reasonable Reward for the same; And whosoever shall discover and apprehend the Person (that robb'd the said Post-man) he at that time riding upon a black Mare between 13 and 14 hands high, with 3 white Feet, and a white streak down her Face, shall have a Reward of Twenty Pounds.

(Note of the Editor: a list of the 77 Exchequer Bills follows. For each the number and amount is indicated)