ADVERTISEMENTS. General Pqft-Office, Edinburgh. 4th February, 1771. TT^Hcreas, on Saturday, the 2d inftanr be- ..
... night, the Poft- boy riding to Peebles with the mail for the fouth country, difpatched from this office that evening, was ATTACKED and ROBBED, at a fmall burn in a muir, about two miles fouthof Howgate, and twelve from Edinburgh, by a man who ftarted upon him from the eait fide of the road, and holdir.g- the bridle, flruck him on the head with a flick, threatning, ?? he did not difmount, he ...