The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-01 00:00:00

CHARLES COCHRANE, ESQ., AND
TilE ELECTORS OF WESTMINSTER.

At a meeting held at the Craven Head, Drury lane, on
Monday last, Mr. Cochrane alluded to the correspondence
Which had appeared in The Sun newspaper, and is reported
in the Morning Advertiser to heve said, as follows :—" One
of the letters appeared to be written by a Mr. Bars, of
Brighton, a gentleman whom he knew very well, and who
had treated him with kindness. In fact, dressed as he was
at the time, he was supposed to be a Spanish Quaker, and
treated accordingly, and he had certainly enjoyed the joke
very much. He had however written to Mr. Bass on the
subject of the letter, and that gentleman denied that he was
the writer of it, or that he knew anything at all about it."
The following letters appear in the Morning Advertiser of
this day

"TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING ADVERTISER.
" Brighton, 2d Month, 26, 1847.
"Sir ,—As I observe in thy paper of the 23d instant that
TuY name is made common property between the electors of
Westminster and one of their candidates. I will thank thee
to
give publicity to the correspondence which has takeu
place between Charles Cochrane and myself, in order to
snow the electors the extent of my acquaintance with their
candidate.
"It may be as well to state that I never in the least sup-
reed lie was a Spanish Quaker. but was induced to treat
lira with kindness merely from a belief that he was a re-
fugee. I am, respectfally, Bcc.,
"ISAAC BASS."
" 26, Devonshire-place, 3larylebone, London,
'`Saturday, Feb. 2Q, 1847.
"Sir—I feel it my duty to forward you The Sun evening
Paper of the 16th instant, as it contains a scandalous letter
Purporting to come from you, and to which my attention
4,_a: drawn yesterday evening. Permit me to premise,
I do not suspect for a moment that you have
vri
of the letter, as lam quite sure you are incapable
anything so gross or unjust, as your kindness to me,
whilst
under the character of a Spanish minstrel, and the
!narked acknowledment by me in my work of such kind-
naaa, could leave no other, I presume, than agreeable re-
niscenees between us. It is necessary, however, for the
sakes
haoll f
of
my l character, and the future proceedings which I
Purpose adepting, that should communicate with you, and
greatly obliged by an answer at your earliest
convenience.—.l am, sir, your obedient servant,
" CHARLES COCHRANE.
"Mr. Bass, Grove-street, Brighton."
" Brighton, 2d Month, 22, 1847.
_ "Until the receipt of The Sun newspaper, which-thou sent
T,e, I knew nothing of the paragraph concerning Juan De
ega. I well remember the circumstance of being imposed
°I; and afterwards seeing it ridiculously detailed in thy book,
and in a way which thou must be quite aware would carry
With it anything but agreeable reminiscences.
" To Charles Cochrane." " J. BASS.
~„ "26, Devonshire-place, Thursday, Feb. 25, 1847.
ti is with great regret that I have read that por-
°ll of your letter which appears to indicate impressions on
Your mind other than what I could have desired, relative to
acquaintance with you, under the character of a Spanish
minstrel. I can sincerely assure you of this, that I never
had the most distant intention of doing or saying aught that
rh1514 prove unpleasant, and I trust you will bear in mind,
however much the indiscretion of my conduct might be
apparent to you, the motives were innocent, and I was a
here stripling at the time.
" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" CHARLES COCHRANE."
Mx. Cochrane and Juan de Vega are now established to be
one and the same person. We will, therefore, in a few days,
enlighten the electors of Westminster as to the sayings and
doings of the Senor Juan de Vega, and enable them to judge
for themselves as to his fitness to represent them. We will
also give them a " Biographical Sketch of Mr. C. Cochrane,
candidate
Westminster," to compare with the one printed
thee tr
nfor
Advertiser of 17th December last, and since
,reprinteda by authority at the steam-press of W. 11. Cox, 5,
Queen-street, and circulated as a handbill among the
electors,
Mr. Cochrane seeks publicity—we will assist him
to his heart's content.
Spl —N'LS