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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
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James Wilson Hyde
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"Whereas
the
bags
of
letters
from
this
office
(London),
of
last
night,
for
the
following
towns--viz.,
Hatfield,
Welwyn,
Stevenage,
Baldock,
Biggleswade,
Kimbolton,
St
Neots,
Oundle,
Stilton,
Wansford,
Grantham,
Spilsby,
Spalding,
Lowth,
Horncastle,
and
Boston,
--were
stolen
from
the
mail-box,
about
ten
o'clock
on
the
same
night,
supposed
at
Barnet,
by
forcibly
wrenching
off
the
lock
whilst
the
horses
were
changing;
whoever
shall
apprehend
and
convict,
or
cause
to
be
apprehended
and
convicted,
the
person
or
persons
who
stole
the
said
bags,
shall
be
entitled
to
a
reward
of
One
Hundred
Pounds,"
&c.
On
Monday
the
19th
November
of
the
same
year,
the
bags
of
letters
from
Melton
Mowbray,
Oakham,
Uppingham,
Kettering,
Thrapston,
Higham
Ferrers,
and
Wellingborough,
were
stolen
at
Bedford
at
about
nine
o'clock
in
the
evening.
Again,
in
January
1813,
a
further
warning
to
the
guards
was
issued,
showing
the
necessity
for
vigilance
on
the
part
of
these
officers,
by
describing
some
of
the
recent
robberies
which
were
the
occasion
for
the
warning:--
"The
guards
are
desired
by
Mr
Hasker
to
be
particularly
attentive
to
their
mail-box.
Depredations
are
committed
every
night
on
some
stage-coaches
by
stealing
parcels.
I
shall
relate
a
few,
which
I
trust
will
make
you
circumspect.
The
Bristol
mail-coach
has
been
robbed
within
a
week
of
the
bankers'
parcel,
value
L1000
or
upwards.
The
Bristol
mail-coach
was
robbed
of
money
the
3d
instant
to
a
large
amount.
The
'Expedition'
coach
has
been
twice
robbed
in
the
last
week--the
last
time
of
all
the
parcels
out
of
the
seats.
The
'Telegraph'
was
robbed
last
Monday
night
between
Saracen's
Head,
Aldgate,
and
Whitechapel
Church,
of
all
the
parcels
out
of
the
dicky.
It
was
broken
open
while
the
guard
was
on
it,
standing
up
blowing
his
horn.
The
York
Mail
was
robbed
of
parcels
out
of
the
seats
to
a
large
amount."
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