Missing mail bags. They are assumed to have been stolen. Increase in the reward

THERE being great Reason to apprehend the Bags of Letters, which should have arrived at this Office on Saturday Morning the 26th Ultimo, from the following Towns:

have been stolen, Part of the Property contained in the Letters having been negotiated in London on Monday the 28th. Whoever shall apprehend or convict, or cause to be apprehended and convicted, the Person or Persons who stole the said Bags, or who has or may have been concerned in negotiating Bills taken thereout, will be entitled to a reward of TWO HUNDRED POUNDS; or, if any Accomplice in the Robbery, or concerned in negotiating the Property, shall surrender himself and make Discovery whereby the Person or Persons who stole the said Bags may be apprehended and brought to Justice, such Discoverer will be entitled to the said Reward of TWO HUNDRED POUNDS, and will also receive His Majesty's most gracious Pardon.

ANTHONY TODD, Sec.