This statement contains several inaccuracies. The pieces forming _The New Whig Guide_ were first collected and published in 1819, _and not in 1815_, for BYRON’S _Fare thee well_ was not written till April, 1816. The parody on it was entitled _The Leader’s Lament. By the Right Hon. George Ponsonby_. A. Hayward says in his review of _The Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin_, in _The Edinburgh Review_, 1858—that “CANNING has been traditionally credited with the parody of Moore’s. _Believe me, if all those endearing young charms_, the gentleman addressed being a distinguished commoner afterwards ennobled (the first LORD METHUEN), who was far from meriting the character [of a foolish fop] thereby fastened on him”. The other parodies were by JOHN CALCRAFT, the Hon. W. H. LYTTELTON, DUDLEY NORTH, M.P., KIRKMAN FINLAY, M.P. for Glasgow, &c. MR. METHUEN, in return, wrote many clever squibs and parodies against the Tories, which were collected, under the title of _The New Tory Guide_, and reproduced, like its rivals in 1819. “Talking of _The Morning Chronicle_,” says T. MOORE (_Diary, 19th March, 1831_), “PAUL METHUEN told us he was the author of almost all those about _The Rat Club_; which are certainly some of the best.” THE STAR. THE STAR, the first London daily Evening Newspaper, was started in 1788 by PETER STUART, brother to DANIEL STUART, of _The Morning Post_. Its first editor was ANDREW MACDONALD, author of _Vimonda_, a tragedy, and other works: and after him another Scottish poet, John Mayne, author of _The Siller Gun_, was editor. ROBERT BURNS was offered an engagement to write poetry for it, at the rate of one guinea an article per week. The arrangement was not completed. It was to PETER STUART that BURNS addressed his “Poem, written to a gentleman who had sent him a Newspaper, and offered to continue it free of expense”. The facetious Bob Allen, of whom Charles Lamb has such pleasant reminiscences, was for many years a contributor to this paper. Subsequently, DR. A. TILLOCH, editor of _The Philosophical Magazine_, was for many years editor of _The Star_. After Oct. 15, 1831, _The Star_ became incorporated with _The Albion_ newspaper, under the title of _The Albion and Evening Star_. _The Star_ was during many years the leading newspaper on the Whig side, CAMPBELL the poet being one of its writers after 1804, when he was engaged at a salary of four guineas a week. The clear profits of this paper in 1820 were said, on apparently good authority, to amount to £6000. THE MORNING CHRONICLE. THE MORNING CHRONICLE was, with one exception (_The Public Ledger_, which started in 1760), the oldest of the daily papers up to the period of its discontinuance March 19, 1862. The latest number in the British Museum is dated Dec. 31, 1861. It was established on Whig principles, 28th June, 1769, by WILLIAM WOODFALL, who carried it on with great success till 1789.