Missing bags of letters. Tunbridge bag lost or stolen between Sevenoaks and Bromley
The Tunbridge Bag of Letters, which should have arrived at this Office on Monday Morning last, being lost or stolen out of the Mail somewhere between Seven-Oaks and Bromley, two of the Bank Notes sent in the said Bag were this Day put off in Rosemary Lane at two Cloaths Shops, by two Men: The one about thirty-six or forty Years old, five Feet nine or ten Inches high, his own straight Hair, a Brown Complexion, long Nose, and long Visage; had on a light coloured Coat, and Scarlet Waistcoat, and dirty Leathern Breeches; and who bought, fitted for his own Size, a Salmon-coloured Suit of Cloaths, Lining and Basket Buttons of the same, with a plain Cuff, and fall-down Collar, a Cinnamon-coloured Surtout, and a Pair of new Buck-skin Breeches, marked on the Inside of the Waistband with the Shop Mark, E I. The other, stout set, about twenty-eight Years old, five Feet six or seven Inches high, his own straight Hair, swarthy Complexion, had on a round, dirty, or brown Linen Waggoner's Frock, Scarlet Jacket, with Cuffs, dirty Buckskin Breeches, and who likewise bought, for his own Size, a Blue Cloth Coat, Scarlet Waistcoat, and a Chocolate-coloured Bath-coating Surtout.
Whoever shall apprehend and convict, or cause to be apprehended and convicted, both or either of the Persons above described, will be entitled to a Reward of FIFTY POUNDS.
ANTH. TODD, Secretary.