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1790-1799

NOTICES FOR THE YEARS 1790-1799

.. 9001 NEWS (General Post-Office, January 9, 1790)

THE Post-Boy bringing the Mail of Letters from Lynn of the 8th Instant for London, and also the Letters from Lynn
for the North, was stopped between Seven and Eight o'Clock last Night by One or more Persons on Methwold Warren near
Brandon, who knocked the Boy from his Seat, and drove the Horse and Cart away with the Mail.
Whoever shall apprehend and convict, or cause to be apprehended and convicted, the Person or Persons who
committed the said Robbery, will be entitled to a Reward of Two HUNDRED POUNDS; or if any Person, whether an
Accomplice in the Robbery or knowing thereof, shall make discovery whereby one or more of the Persons concerned
therein may be apprehended and brought to Justice, such Discoverer will, upon Conviction of the Party or Parties, be
entitled to the same Reward, and will also receive His Majesty's most gracious Pardon.
ANTH. TODD, Secretary.

·· 9 0 0 2 NEWS (General Post-Office, March 1, 1790)

THE Post-Boy carrying the Mail from Penrith to Keswick_on the 25th past, was attacked by a Man on Foot, near Ten
o'Clock at Night, upon Flusco Common, about Four Miles from Penrith, and robbed of his Horse, and the Mail, containing
the Bags of Letters from hence of Tuesday the 23d, for the following Places, viz.
Kesw;ck, Cockermouth, Work;ngton, and wh;tehaven, and the Bye-Letters for those Towns.
The Person who committed this Robbery was dressed in a Blue Jacket, with White Binding, a Pair of Corderoy
Breeches, and ~ark Brown Stockings; is about Five Feet Eight Inches high, and appeared to be an Irishman.
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 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 Person who committed the same 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.

·• 9 0 0 3 NEWS (General Post-Office, April 3, 1790)

IN order to guard against the Loss of BANK NOTES sent by the Post, it is thought necessary to repeat the
Advertisement from this Office of the 9th of February, 1782, by recommending it to all Persons who may have Occasion to
send Bank Notes by the Post, to cut them in Two Parts according to the following Specimen, exactly where it is marked with
a Black Line, and send them by different Posts; first writing th.e Name, Date, and Year at one End of the Note, and the
Number and Letter at the other End; by which Means each Part will contain a sufficient Specification of the Whole, and
prevent Difficulty in the Payment of it at the Bank of England to the right Owner, in Case of the Loss of the other Part.
ANTHONY TODD, Secretary.

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