The publisher was Robert Thomson, who was then postmaster of Glasgow.
[1] It was published three times a week, and sold for three half-pence, or "one penny to regular customers.
[2][3] In the prospectus it was said to be:[3] For the use of the country round; any gentleman, or minister, or any other who wants them may have them at the University Printing House, or at the Post Office.A set of the newspaper, consisting of 67 numbers, was shown at the Old Glasgow Exhibition held in 1894.
[2] Two complete sets of the papers are preserved in Glasgow.
One is in the possession of the University of Glasgow, and the other in the Mitchell Library.