Mail robbery. Mail robbed near Gainsborough

Whereas the Post-Boy bringing the Gainsborough Mail or Bag of Letters from Gainsborough to Newark, on Wednesday Evening last, between Five and Six o'Clock, was robbed by one Foot Pad in Knaish Lane, about three Miles on this Side of Gainsborough, who took from him the said Mail or Bag of Letters, which contained all the Letters sent that Day from Gainsborough for London. The Postmaster General thinks proper to make it publickly known, that whoever shall apprehend the Person who committed this Robbery, will, upon his Conviction, be entitled to a Reward of Two Hundred Pounds, to be paid by the Receiver General of the Revenue of the Post Office, over and above the Reward by Act of Parliament for apprehending of Highwaymen. And if any Accomplice in the said Robbery shall discover and apprehend the Person who committed the same, so as he may be convicted, such Accomplice will be entitled to the said Reward of Two Hundred Pounds, and also have the King's most gracious Pardon.

Note, The Person who committed this Robbery was a middle-aged Man, low and broad set, with his own brown and lank Hair, a broad Face, and swarthy Complexion, wearing a dark colour'd Coat and Stockings, and a light Wastcoat. There was another Person at the same Time on the Road, near the Place where the Robbery was committed, supposed to be a Confederate, on a Bay Horse, with a light colour'd Great Coat.

THO. ROBINSON, Secretary.