No. 2.-SIR GEORGE MACARTNEY TO THE EARL OF SANDWICH
“St. Petersburgh, Ist-12th March, 1765
“Most Secret [England was at that time negotiating a commercial treaty with Russia.]
“... Yesterday, M. Panin [To this time it has remained among historians a point of controverse, whether or not Panin was in the pay of Frederick II. of Prussia, and whether he was so behind the back of Catherine, or at her bidding. There can exist