Before leaving the continent, Mr.Adams visited Paris, where he witnessed the return of Napoleon from Elbe, and his meteoric career during the Hundred Days.

Here he was joined in March, 1815, by his family, after a long and perilous journey from St.Petersburg.
On the 25th of May, Mr.Adams arrived in London and joined Messrs.
Gallatin and Clay, who had already entered upon the preliminaries of the proposed commercial convention with Great Britain.

In the mean time, Mr.
Adams had received official notice of his appointment as Minister to the Court of St.James.On the 3d of July, 1815, the convention for regulating the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain was concluded, and duly signed.

It was afterwards ratified by both Governments, and has formed the basis of commerce and trade between the two countries, to the present time.

At the conclusion of these negotiations, Messrs.