The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-27 00:00:00

CONVICTION AND SENTENCE OF THE;

ACCUSED.

PARIS, Friday Evening, 8.45 p.m.
Judgment has just been passed upon the accused.
Orsini, Pierri, and Rudio are found guilty and
sentenced to capital punishment as parricides.
Gomez is found guilty, but under circum-
stances of extenuation, and sentenced to penal ser•
vitude for life.

Tho accused said nothing.

THE ALLEGED ATROCITIES AT TIIII
TAKING OF DELHI.

Some of the continental papers, we (Calcutta
Englishman, Jan. 23) observe, have falsely accused
our soldiers of cruelty on the taking of Delhi ; a
city is never taken by assault without some innocent
victims. We need not assure our English reade)s
that the accusations of foreign journalists are un-
founded ; but, for the benefit of those gentlemen,
we subjoin the following indignant denial by an
officer who served throughout the siege, and was
present at the assault :
" I was told last evening that the government
has written up to the Commissioner of Delhi, t.)
know the particulars and number of the ' outrage:
committed by the troops during the storm of the
city, and afterwards. As there is a leisurely gran.
deur about these 'gentlemen in black' who follow
our armies in quest of good appointments after the
fighting is over, which prevents their answering
with that promptness and succinctness that such a
question demands, I lose no time in send,ng you,
for the world's perusal, the reply to such a ques.
tion. You know that I would not write to yon
an untruth, or even anything of which I was
not perfectly certain—no, not even to defend
and save the reputation of this glorious,
though now despised, army. The answer
is, in reply to English questions, and French, or
any other calumnies—that this army has never,
on any single occasion, sullied its arms and it t
achievements by the slightest outrage, cruelty, or
violence committed on any woman, or child, or
peaceful and defenceless citizen. And, further, wa
are not sepoys, or cowardly murderers of any otht r
description, as is proved by what we have done ;
for our country knows full well that men, capable
of what is insinuated against us by the above
question, never could have upheld their empire,
their glory, and their well-acquired honour, as
we have done. No, no ; thank God, we hard
not forfeited or laid one single stain upon old
England's pure and -noble character through.
out this long and terrible struggle ; and f
repeat it emphatically that whoever tan say
that this army has committed anything cruel or
atrocious, states that which is not fact, but foul and
dishonourable slander. The rudest soldier in tbia
army is incapable of slaying or harming a woman,
a child, or an unarmed and peaceful citizen ; and f
can swear upon my honour and my sword that no
such thing has been done. This is my answer ; let
him who can, gainsay its truth, and disprove
its declaration. Mutineers and rebels, and mur.
derers and violators of English children and wee
men, we did slay, thank God, without mercy
or hesitation, but women, or children or peaceful
citizens—no, no, it is untrue, foully and shamefully
untrue. It may suit the views of those who wrong
this army, to calumniate it ; and to endeavour to
prove, at the sacrifice of their country's honour,
that we are unworthy of laudation and reward, but
this shall not be done, so long as one man remainsi
amongst us who knows the truth, and can give it to
the world. I have dwelt rather long upon this sub.
ject, but whilst endeavouring to be calm, I was de.
sirous that our countrymen in England, and Eng.
laud's friends and enemies all over the world,
should know the truth fully, and without evasion
or quibble.