Mail robbery. Bristol mail robbed between Knightsbridge and Kensington

Whereas the Post-Boy, carrying the Bristol Mail from London, was set upon and robbed by three Men on Horseback, and one on Foot, about three of the Clock this Morning, between Knightsbridge and Kensington, who carried off the Bristol, Bath, Hereford, Leominster, and Presteign Bags.

The Postmaster General thinks proper to make it publickly known, that whoever shall apprehend the Persons who committed this Robbery, or any of them, 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 Persons (or any of them) 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.

JOHN JESSE, Clerk.