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lay should not take, place, the sentence should be executed within 24 hours.

Another member was of opinion, that the male Bourbons should be exiled to Marseilles.

Mailhe demanded that the question should be stated in these terms: Shall there, or shall there not, be a delay, till the 15th of February next?

After some debate, the question was determined thus simply—Shall there, or shall there not be a delay?

The nominal appeal commenced at eight o'clock. At midnight the president announced

That no delay could take place, there being a majority of voices for the execution of the sentence at the expiration of twenty-four hours.
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