Bayard was named minister to Russia, but illness prevented his taking possession of his post.
In April, Mr.Gallatin and Mr.Clay opened negotiations with Lord Castlereagh in London, where they were quickly joined by Adams.

Lord Castlereagh bore no malice against Mr.Gallatin for the treaty.

On the contrary, he wrote of it to Lord Liverpool as "a most auspicious and seasonable event," and wished him joy at "being released from the millstone of an American war." With Lord Castlereagh Mr.Gallatin arranged in the course of the summer a convention regulating commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain, the only truly valuable part of which was that which abolished all discriminating duties.

Mr.Gallatin considered this concession as an evidence of friendly disposition, and rightly judged that British antipathy and prejudice were modified, and that in the future friendly relations would be preserved and a rupture avoided.

Beyond this, there was little gained.