(Messidor 16.)] [Footnote 3227: Moniteur, XX., 544.

After the effort of L'Admiral against Collot d'Herbois, the latter appears in the tribune.

"The loudest applause greets him from all sides of the house."-- Ibid., XXI., 173.

(Messidor 21.) On the report of Barere who praises the conduct of Joseph Lebon, criticizing nothing but "somewhat harsh formalities," a decree is passed to the order of the day, which is "adopted unanimously with great applause."] [Footnote 3228: Moniteur, XX., 698, 715, 716, 719.

(Prairial 22 and 24.) After the speeches of Robespierre and Couthon "Loud and renewed applause; the plaudits begin over again and are prolonged." Couthon, having declared that the Committee of Public Safety was ready to resign, "on all sides there were cries of No, No."-- Ibid., XXI., 268.