Mail robbery. The Post Boy was robbed near Barnstaple

Whereas the Post-Boy with the Barnstaple Mail, was knock'd off his Horse at the End of Newport, near a Mile from Barnstaple, the 3d of this Instant, between the Hours of Ten and Eleven at Night, by a Person unknown, who carried off both Horse and Mail, and the several Letters therein for Exeter, London, Bristol, and other Places: The Postmaster General thinks proper to acquaint the Publick, that whoever shall apprehend and convict, or cause to be apprehended and convicted, the Person or Persons who committed this Robbery, will be entitled to a Reward of Two Hundred Pounds, besides the Reward given by Act of Parliament for apprehending of Highwaymen; or if any Person or Persons, whether Accomplice or Accomplices in the said Robbery, or knowing thereof, shall make a Discovery, whereby the Person or Persons who committed the same may be apprehended and brought to Justice, such Discoverer will, upon Conviction of the Party or Parties, be entitled to the same Reward, and also have his Majesty's most gracious Pardon.

GEO. SHELVOCKE, Secretary.

N. B. The Person who committed this Robbery is a thick short Man (as the Boy describes him) with black Hair; and the Mare taken from the Boy was of a dark Colour, with a white Face, and a Tail somewhat longer than usual; some of the Hair under the Mail Pillion was rubb'd off, and the Mare was about thirteen Hands high, and about eight Years old.