Mail robbery. Post boy robbed near Farnborough

TWO HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD.

THE Post-Boy carrying the Mail from Bromley to Seven Oaks last Night, was stopt about Two Miles from Farnborough, between the Hours of Ten and Eleven o'Clock, by a single Highwayman, who presented a Horse Pistol and demanded the Mail, which the Boy gave him. He offered the Robber Half a Guinea, but he declined taking it.

The Robber is described to be a Young Man, Middle Size, had on a Drab-coloured Great Coat, and rode a Horse with a White Face. The same Man, as supposed, passed through the Turnpike Gate at Pratt's Bottom, towards Riverhead, on Horseback, about Three o'Clock in the Afternoon, returned about Seven in the Evening, and asked his Way to Croydon: He had a Pair of small Saddle Bags, and had the Appearance of a London Rider, in the Opinion of the Turnpike-man.

The Bags taken away are,

Whoever shall apprehend and convict, or cause to be apprehended and convicted, the Person who committed this Robbery, will be entitled to a Reward of TWO HUNDRED POUNDS, over and above the Reward of FORTY POUNDS given by Act of Parliament for apprehending Highwaymen: Or if any Person, whether an Accomplice in the Robbery, or knowing thereof, shall surrender himself and make Discovery, whereby the Person who committed the same may be apprehended and brought to Justice, such Discoverer will be entitled to the same Reward of TWO HUNDRED POUNDS, and will also receive His Majesty's most gracious Pardon.

FRANCIS FREELING, Secretary.