[_The Edinburgh Gazette, or Scotch Postman_, printed by Robert Brown on
Tuesdays and Thursdays, appears to have been the earliest gazette. The
first Number was published in March, 1715. This was followed by _The
Edinburgh Evening Courant_, published on Mondays, Tuesdays, and
Thursdays. No. 1. appeared on the 15th December, 1718, and has existed
to the present time. There was another paper issued on May 8, 1692,
called _The Scotch Mercury_, giving a true account of the daily
proceedings and most remarkable public occurrences in Scotland; but
this seems to have been printed in London for R. Baldwin. The earliest
_Almanack_ published in Scotland was in 1677, by Mr. Forbes of
Aberdeen, under the title of _A New Prognostication, calculated for
North Britain_, and which was continued until the year 1700.]
_Dictum de Kenilworth._--Said to have passed anno 1266. What was the nature
of it?