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·~~MAIL

ROBBERY.

NOTICE IS 1-IEREBY GIVEN,

rI'HAT the Roy c:irryi~g d~e .MAIL from 'VIGAN co
CHORLEY; in the Counry of Lancajler, · was, this Morning
:1boucfoe o'Clock, :icocked upon the Ro:id between TYorlhingtor: .
J.1i/l and lf/orlhingloa Hall, within th~_Townlhip of l.Yorlhi11gto11,
nnd there robbed of the Porcm;mtc:iu:· "(by a Fooc-P:id,. who ar·.
ricd it a"'.:iy) coot:iining'the following E:igs of Lecccrs; viz. from

Liverpool lo Chorley IY:rrington lo Cho1:/ey
Do.· lo· Blacll111nt IJo. .lo Blacl1Jur11
Do.· lo Pref/011 .· lJo. lo Pref/on
IJo. lo l..ancajltr IJo. to Lancajlcr
IJo: "lo Kendal· Dt1. . . lo Kendal
lJo. lo Pcnrilh IJo. · lo Pairilh
Do. to . Carliflc Do. to Carlijlc
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fr 1,gan to {;!JcJ:Jey, "WllD .Le11cr_s 1ur uui.;,.,;;;, 11, ..., c.
lJo. · 10 Pr_ef.1011; wilh Lct1crs to ~;farwanlctl.
B£TW~£N ni~c ~nd Im o'Clpd chi~ Fo~cnoon, ~ found,
in the Towoallp of /Yiga11 :iforcf?,id, c.ic PomUnteau opc:icd :m'd
cm pry.
W HO£Y£R. will apprehend, or c:iufc to be :ipprchcndcd,. che
Pcrfon who committed the Robbery, will, on Conviaion, be
c:nticlcd to a Reward of
Two . Hundred Pounds.
ANY Pcrfons finding :iny of the Bags or Letters, arc de.fired
to bring them ro the Poft-Officc, 'Wigan. ·
· c:¥" ALL .Tradcfmcn. &c. are de.fired to be cautious what
Hills thev take, and to na"ticc Saangc:r.s off~ng any. ·

l'U~ Br W. LYON, J4UXET-l'J..o\CE. WJGAN.

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