MR.

ADAMS' ARRIVAL AT ST.

PETERSBURG--HIS LETTERS TO HIS SON ON THE BIBLE--HIS RELIGIOUS OPINIONS--RUSSIA OFFERS MEDIATION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES--PROCEEDS TO GHENT TO NEGOTIATE FOR PEACE--VISITS PARIS--APPOINTED MINISTER AT ST.

JAMES--ARRIVES IN LONDON.
Mr.Adams arrived at St.Petersburg, as Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States, in the autumn of 1809.

Twenty-eight years before, while a lad of fourteen, he was at the same place, as private secretary to Mr.
Dana, the American Minister.