Scotland. See Law, Part III.

Messengers of the Exchequer, are four officers who attend the exchequer, in the nature of pursuivants, and carry the lord treasurer's letters, precepts, &c.

Messenger of the Press, a person who, by order of the court, searches printing-houses, bookellers' shops, &c., in order to discover the printers or publishers of seditious books, pamphlets, &c.