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Two of the Persons who committed this Robbery are described as short Men, dressed like Sailors; and the other a tall
Man in a red Coat.
This is therefore to give Notice, That whoever shall apprehend and convict, the Persons, or any of them who
committed this Robbery, will be intitled 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 or Persons, whether Accomplice in the said Robbery, or
knowing thereof, do or shall make Discovery, whereby any one, or more of the Persons, who committed the same, may be
apprehended and brought to Justice, such Discoverer, or Discoverers will, upon Conviction of any one, or more, of the said
Robbers, be intitled to the same Reward of Two Hundred Pounds, and also have his Majesty's most gracious Pardon.
GEO. SHELVOCKE, Secretary.
N. B. This Mail was afterwards found and brought safe to the Office.

-- 5 4 0 2 NEWS (General Post-Office, April 13, 1754)

Publick Notice is hereby given, That a Mail for Corunna, including the Letters to Oporto, will, for the Future, be made
up, and forwarded, from this Office, every Tuesday; and that all such Letters, for Oporto, as are intended to pass by the
Way of Lisbon, must be marked accordingly, otherwise they will, in Course, be forwarded by the Corunna Mail.
GEO. SHELVOCKE, Secretary.

-- 5 4 0 3 NEWS (General Post Office, July 2, 1754)

These are to give Notice, That the Post will go every Night, (Sundays excepted) from London to Tunbridge Wells, and
from Tunbridge Wells to London; to begin on Friday next the 5th Instant, and to continue so to do, during the Summer
Season, as usual.
GEO. SHELVOCKE, Secretary.

-- 5 4 0 4 NEWS (General Post Office, October 14, 1754)

Whereas the Post Boy carrying the Hungerford Branch Mail, dispatched from this Office on Thursday the 10th
Instant, was, upon Saturday last, between Morden and Lavington in the County of Wilts, attacked and robbed, by two
Highwaymen, who opened the said Mail, and took thereout the Lavington and Tinehead Bags of Letters, and likewise took
from the Post Boy five Shillings, and otherwise used him very cruelly.
The only Description that is yet come to hand, of the two Persons who committed this Robbery, is, that the one was
mounted upon a Black Horse or Mare, the other upon a brown one.
This is therefore to give Notice, That whoever shall apprehend and convict, or cause to be apprehended and convicted,
the two Persons, or either of them, who committed this Robbery, will be intitled 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 or Persons, whether
Accomplice in the said Robbery, or knowing thereof, do, or shall make Discovery, whereby both, or either of the Persons,
who committed the same, may be apprehended and brought to Justice, such Discoverer, or Discoverers will, upon
Conviction of the Party or Parties, be intitled to the same Reward of Two Hundred Pounds, and also have his Majesty's
most gracious Pardon.
GEO. SHELVOCKE, Secretary.

-- 5 5 0 1 NEWS (General Post-Office, April 22, 1755)

Whereas the Post-Boy carrying the Derby Mail, that was dispatched from this Office on Saturday the 19th Instant, was
attack'd betweenMarket Harborough andKibworth, on Sunday Night the 20th Instant, about Eleven o'Clock, by two Men on
Foot, who seized on his Horse's Bridle, and led him to an Hedge about one hundred Yards distant from the Road, where
they took off, and rifled the Mail, and took out and carried off the following Bags, viz.
Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham, Derby and Ashbourn.

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