[2][3] When the patrician Beat Fischer [de] received a concession from the State of Bern to operate a postal company in 1675, he was also given the task of supplying the authorities with newspapers from abroad.

[2] In 1689 he employed a French Huguenot, Antoine Teissier, as editor to produce the new newspaper, which appeared from 1689 to 1798.

[2] The next editors were Jean-Jacques Despraz (active in 1721), André de Maucourant (from 1734 to 1767), Antoine Delorme (in 1768) followed by François-Jacques Durand, and Sigismond d'Arnay (from 1786).

[4] It was published in French twice a week on Wednesday and Saturday, each issue was four to eight pages long, including a Supplement.

In the 18th century, the newspaper sometime contained advertisements aimed at the upper class, such as real estate, inns or new books.