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1720-1729

Tiverton and Exeter; and Expresses having been immediately, the very same Morning, sent away from Bristol to Chester
and Exeter, to give Notice of the Accident to the several Post Towns mentioned, and their Dependencies, and no Notice
having been as yet sent to the General Post-Office at London, of any Bank Notes, or other Notes, or Bills, that were in the said
Mail, with Endorsements upon them, according to the Method proposed in the Advertisement so long published in the
Prints, it is to be presumed that there were no such Notes, or Bills in the said Mail. This is to advertise, that whoever shall
apprehend the Persons who stole the Mail, or either of them, so that they, or either of them, be convicted of the Robbery,
that over and above the Money they will be entitled to from the County where the Robbery was committed, they will also
be entitled to the Reward of £200 for each of them. And also, if either of the said Persons who have committed the said
Robbery, or any of their Accomplices, shall come in and make a Discovery of the said Robbery, so that they or either of
them be apprehended and convicted thereof, such Person will not only be entitled to the Rewards abovementioned, but also
to His Majesty's most gracious Pardon, as formerly published in the Gazettes by His Majesty's special Command.

-- 2 6 0 1 NEWS (General Post-Office, July 11, 1726)

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 Wednesday the 13th of this Instant July, during the Summer-Season, as usual.

-- 2 7 0 1 NEWS (General Post-Office, London, March 4, 1727) {Julian Calendar. March 4, 1726}

This is to give Notice to all Persons who may have Occasion to write to the Northern Parts of Portugal, that at present
a Stop being put to the Corunna Packet Boats, those Letters will be sent every Tuesday Night by the Lisbon Mail.

-- 2 7 0 2 NEWS (General Post-Office, July 5, 1727)
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 Friday the 7th of this Instant July, during the Summer Season, as usual.

-- 2 8 0 1 NEWS (General Post-Office, May 22, 1728)

This is to give Notice, that the Postmaster General hath ordered Pacquet Boats to be again put upon the Corunna or
Groyne Station as before the War with Spain; and that Letters for Spain, and the Northern Parts of Portugal, will be taken
in accordingly upon Tuesday the 4th Day of June next, and so constantly upon every Tuesday Fortnight following, as it hath
been usual.

-- 2 8 0 2 NEWS (General Post-Office, June 19, 1728)

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 Wednesday the 26th of this Instant June, during the Summer Season, as usual.

-- 2 8 0 3 NEWS (General Post Office, June 25, 1728)
Whereas by the Act of Parliament of the 9th of Queen Anne, for establishing a General Post Office, it is amongst
other things enacted, That no Person or Persons whatsoever shall have the carrying and delivering of any Letters whatsoever,
unless such Persons only as shall be authorized thereunto by the Postmaster General, under the Penalty of Five Pounds for
every several Offence against the Tenor of the said Act, one Moiety thereof to the King, and the other Moiety to the Person who
shall sue for the same, with full Costs of Suit; Yet notwithstanding, it is found that Letters are frequently carried and
delivered by Persons who are not authorized thereunto, but by some illegal Means possess themselves of Letters which
should have passed through the General Post Office, and in particular Ship Letters, and to make an Advantage to

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