Mail robbery. West mail robbed near Sherborne, Dorset

Whereas the West Mail coming to this Office, was Yesterday Morning, between 4 and 5 a Clock, robbed by three Highwaymen, at a Place called the Foot of Toomer Hill, about 3 Miles from Sherborn, in the County of Dorset, and several Letters taken out of the Exeter, Taunton, St. Columb, and Crewkern Bags: These are therefore to give Notice, that whoever apprehends the said Persons concerned in this Robbery, or either of them, so as to have him or them convicted of the same, shall receive a Reward of £100 to be paid by the Receiver-General of the Post-Office in London, over and above the Reward directed by Act of Parliament, for apprehending of Highwaymen: And if either of the said Persons concerned in the said Robbery, will discover one or both of his Accomplices in the Manner aforesaid, he shall have the said Reward of £100 and also his Majesty's Pardon.