Mail robbery. Bristol mail robbed near Colebrook, Bucks

Whereas the Post-Boy, who was bringing the Bristol Mail to London, was set upon by three Highwaymen this Morning between Two and Three a-Clock, at Langly-Broom, near Colebrook, in the County of Bucks, who, after having bound the Post-Boy, cut and rifled the Mails, and carried off the Bristol and Bath Bags; one of the Highwaymen being mounted upon a Bay, another upon a Chestnut, and the other upon a Dapple-grey Horse: This is to give Notice, that if any Person or Persons shall apprehend the said Highwaymen, or any one of them, so that they or any of them shall be convicted thereof, such Person or Persons will receive the Reward of £200 for each Person convicted: Or if any one of the Persons who committed the said Robbery shall discover his Companions in the said Robbery, or either of them, so that they or either of them, or his or their Accomplices, or any of them, shall be apprehended and convicted thereof, such Person will not only be entituled to His Majesty's most gracious Pardon, but also have and receive the Reward of £200 as in the Advertisement above promised; the same Sum of TWO HUNDRED POUNDS having lately been paid to Paul Cass, for his Discovery and Conviction of Thomas Bruckfield his Confederate, in the Robbery of the Western Mail near Sherborne in Dorsetshire, by the Receiver General of the Post-Office, without the least Obstruction or Deduction whatever.

N. B. Two of the Highwaymen who committed this Robbery, are supposed to be the same Persons who robbed the same Mail on Monday last.