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who committed the said Robbery shall discover his Companions in the said Robbery, or either of them, so that they or
either of them, or his or their Accomplices, or any of them, shall be apprehended and convicted thereof, such Person will
not only be entituled to His Majesty's most gracious Pardon, but also have and receive the Reward of £200 as in the
Advertisement above promised; the same Sum of Two Hundred Pounds having lately been paid to Paul Cass, for his
Discovery and Conviction of Thomas Bruckfield his Confederate, in the Robbery of the Western Mail near Sherborne in
Dorsetshire, by the Receiver General of the Post-Office, without the least Obstruction or Deduction whatever.
N. B. Two of the Highwaymen who committed this Robbery, are supposed to be the same Persons who robbed the
same Mail on Monday last.

-- 2 2 0 7 NEWS (General-Post-Office, July 16, 1722)

This is to give Notice, That the Post will go every Night (Sundays excepted) from London to Tunbridge, and from
Tunbridge-Wells to London, from the 18th Instant inclusive, during the Summer Season, as usual.

-- 2 3 0 1 NEWS (General Post-Office, London, February 11, 1723) {Julian Calendar. February 11, 1722}

Notice is hereby given, that if the Person who wrote a Letter to the Postmaster General, dated the llth Instant, signed
A. Z. will come to the Office and make out what he therein proposed, he shall have all fitting Encouragement and
Protection.

-- 2 3 0 2 NEWS (General Post-Office, London, February 12, 1723) {Julian Calendar. February 12, 1722}

Whereas the Post-Boy who was bringing the Gloucester and Bristol Mails to London, was set upon Yesterday in the
Morning about five a-Clock, about half a Quarter of a Mile on this side Longford, in the County of Middlesex, by one
Highwayman that wore a Blue Rug Horseman's Coat, was a middle-sized Man, and mounted on a light Bay Horse, who
after having dismounted and bound the Boy carried off and rifled the said Mails, and took from thence most of the Letters
in the Bristol, Gloucester and Hereford Bags: This is to give Notice, that any Person or Persons who shall apprehend the
said Highwayman, that has committed this Robbery, will, upon his being convicted, be entituled to the Reward of £200 as
published in the Gazettes, over and above the Reward given by the Acts of Parliament for apprehending of Highwaymen;
or if any Person concerned with him as an Accomplice, shall make a Discovery of him or any other of his Accomplices, so
as they may be convicted, such Person or Persons so making the Discovery, will not only be entituled to the Rewards
abovementioned for each Person convicted, but will also be intituled to a Pardon, as promised in the said Gazettes by His
Majesty's Special Command.

-- 2 3 0 3 NEWS (General Post-Office, London, June 28, 1723)

These are to give Notice, That the Post will go every Night (Sundays excepted) from London to Tunbridge, and from
Tunbridge-Wells to London, from Monday the lst of July next inclusive, during the Summer Season, as usual.

-- 2 5 0 1 NEWS (General-Post-Office, January 22, 1725) (Julian Calendar. January 22, 1724}

Whereas the Chester Mail was robbed this Morning, about Four a-Clock by two Highway-men, who overtook the
Post-Boy between Redbourn and St. Albans, the one of them a lusty Man mounted upon a bay Horse in a loose Riding
Coat, and a double-breasted Coat with Brass Buttons under it; the other a little Man mounted upon a grey Horse, also in a
loose Riding Coat, who after having dismounted and bound the Boy, rifled the Mail, and took out most of the Bags, which
they put into other Bags of their own, and tied them behind upon their Horses, and rode off towards St. Alban's: This is to
give Notice, That if any Person or Persons who shall apprehend the said Highwaymen who have committed this Robbery,
will, upon their being convicted, be intituled to the Reward of Two Hundred Pounds for each of them, as published in the
Gazettes, over and above the Rewards given by Act of Parliament for Apprehending of Highway-men: Or if either of them,

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