Mail robbery. Bristol mail robbed near Reading

Whereas the Post Boy bringing the Bristol Mail to London, was set upon and robbed by a single Person on Foot, Yesterday about Seven o'Clock in the Evening, at the End of Sunning Lane, two Miles on this Side of Reading. The Postmaster General thinks proper to make it publickly known, that whoever shall apprehend the Person who committed this Robbery, will, upon Conviction, be entitled to a Reward of Two Hundred Pounds, besides the Reward by Act of Parliament for apprehending of Highwaymen; or if any Accomplice in the said Robbery shall make a Discovery of the Person who committed the Fact, such Accomplice will be entitled to the said Reward of Two Hundred Pounds, and also have his Majesty's most gracious Pardon. The Person who committed this Robbery is described to be a middle siz'd Man, had on a great Riding Coat, with a whitish Velvet or Plush Cape; he carried off the Horse and Mail, which Mail contained the following Bags.