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.Mr. Randolph.-The following ex- tract of a letter, relating to this gentle mans conduct while at St. Petersburg, may be relied on as entitled 10 the high est credit. It is from an eminent coun- tryman of ours, distinguished Tn other walks than those of poiitics-now em- ployed in diplomatic station in Eng land one who has no intercstto disguise the truth, and would be incapable of tlo- ing it if be had. We have been con- yineed, from the first that Mir. Ran dolph's behaviour at St. Petersburg, has been tbe subject of most extravagant exaggerations in the reports of it which have appeared in the opposition papers. Party feeiing-the desire of getting up an amusing story-and in some instan- ces, probably personal pique, have con cured in giving false coloring to some circumstances. and in inventing others. fMr. Randolph had, in fact, been guil- ty of the "ianiastic tricksn with which he has heen charged, it would, indeed, be highly mortifying to the national pride of every good citizen, but the true course of a candid journalist, in that case. would be, to ascertain carefully up- on what evidence the story was told |; how much of it was fact, and how much exaggeration aud establishment, before he gave currency to what reflected so little honor on his country. Every man who has a proper natural feeling, we have no doubt, will be glad to learn from undoubted authority. the true impress sion made upon the Russian Court, by Mir. Randolph, during his stay in that country. It is subject in which our national character fer civilization is in- tesested. The following letter contra diets in explicit terms. the most extray- agant and disereditable stories respect ing Mir. Randoiph's conduct towards the Russian Sovereign and the officers of government. The tiishonor of this fool ish tale must now he divided between ttcinventors and those who have fabored to give 1t currency.

 Loadon, .March ?. 1891.

 In the course of conversation which ! had recently with Prince Lieven. the Russian Ambassador. who was prime minister at St. Petersburg at the time af Nr. Randolph's presentation. I took occasion to inauireinto the truth nftbose reports which have been circulated to