Mail robbery. Bristol mail robbed near Maidenhead

Whereas the Bristol Mail, dispatched from thence on Wednesday the 27th Instant, was last Night between 11 and 12 a-Clock, robbed about a Mile on this Side Maidenhead, by one Highwayman, who carried off the Letters of Bristol, Bath, and Chippenham: These are therefore to give Notice, that whoever apprehends the said Person concerned in this Robbery, so as to have him convicted of the same, shall receive a Reward of £200 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 any one of his Accomplices shall discover the Offender in the Manner aforesaid, such Person so making the Discovery, shall have the said Reward of £200 and also his Majesty's Pardon.

TOWNSHEND.

N. B. The Person who committed this Robbery, had on a Drab Colour Horseman's Coat, and was mounted on a Bay

Horse with a white Face.