Mail robbery. William Lownds or Lowins suspected in the Penrith-Keswick mail robbery

THERE being the greatest Reason to suspect that one William Lownds or Lowins, otherwise called William Hope, is the Person who robbed the Mail between Penrith and Keswick, on the 25th Day of February last (which Robbery was advertised in the London Gazette of Saturday the 6th Day of March last) he having negotiated at a Banker's in Newcastle upon Tyne, on the 3d Instant, in the Name of William Hope, a Bill of Exchange, for £541 8s. which was taken out of that Mail, with a forged Endorsement thereon.

The said William Lownds or Lowins, otherwise called Hope, is about Thirty-five Years of Age, Five Feet Eight or Nine Inches high, stout made, dark Complexion, has remarkably good black Hair, which he wears tied behind; he has the Appearance of a Seafaring Man, and is supposed to have been born at Congleton in Cheshire, has been in Ireland lately, and has a little of that Dialect: He has lived at Sunderland, and was married there about Ten Years ago, but has not lived with his Wife for some Years.

He was again married at Alfreton in Derbyshire, in 1785, to Amy Clark, by whom he has two Children, and has resided at Hexham in Northumberland since the 8th of March last. He left that Place the 4th Instant with his Wife and Family, whom he left at Darlington, and after transacting some Business at the Two Banks there, he came to London in the Mail Coach, and arrived on Monday Morning the 7th Instant, and immediately went to Mess. Smith, Wright and Gray, Bankers, where he negotiated a Bill of Exchange, and wrote the Name "W. Lownds" thereon.

He is supposed to have in his Possession a Promissory Note of one of the Banks at Newcastle, dated 3d June, 1790, for One Hundred Pounds, payable on Demand to Mr. William Hope, or Order.

Whoever shall apprehend and convict, or cause to be apprehended and convicted, the said William Lownds or Lowins, otherwise called Hope, of the said Robbery of the Mail, will be entitled to a Reward of TWO HUNDRED POUNDS, over and above the Reward given by Act of Parliament for apprehending of Highwaymen; or if any Person, whether an Accomplice in the said Robbery, or knowing thereof, shall make Discovery whereby the said William Lownds or Lowins, otherwise called Hope, may be apprehended and brought to Justice, such Discoverer will, upon Conviction of the Party, be entitled to the same Reward of TWO HUNDRED POUNDS, and will also receive His Majesty's most gracious Pardon.

ANTH. TODD, Secretary.