The name of Count Schuvaloff has long been familiar to the English nation as that of a famous Russian Ambassador to the Court of St. James. He came of a distinguished Russian family, notable even in the time of Peter the Great. He was born in 1828. At first he entered the military service, and in 1564 had been ad vanced to the rank of General. He filled successively the post of military attache in Paris, of functionary in the Ministry of the Interior, and Governor-General of the Baltic provinces, He was advanced sub sequently to the post of Chief of the Secret Police, third section of the Im perial Chancellerie, which is in Russia a highly important position, the occupant having in a great measure to deal with foreign affairs. This appointment was made in 1866, and for upwards of seven years Count Schuvaloff retained the post, and enjoyed the most implicit confidence of his b'jvereign, upon whom he exercised greater influence than any of his col leagues. His appointment as Ambassador to her Majesty Queen Victoria was looked upon by some in Russia as a kind of exile- Some believed that he was sent to Eng land owing to Prince GortschakofTa jea lousy, the Prince looking upon him as rival and aspirant for tne post of Chancellor. Other reasons of a more pri vate nature were likewise assigned for his expatriation, but on the other side it was likewise said that the Czar had chosen him for his representative in England on account of the confidence he reposed in the Count's ability, and in his devotion to the Emperor. If this latter motive was the real cause of the appointment, events have proved the farsightedness of the Czar, who could not have had a better servant during the trying negotiations between the two countries within the last few years. The evident success which had crowned his labors when the Count was sent on a special mission to England previous to his appointment as Ambassador, to appease the susceptibilities of the then Gladstone Cabinet respecting the Russian expedition to Khiva, was no doubt another reason for his being entrusted with the post of Am bassador to England, and subsequent occurrences showed the necessity of Russia being ably represented. 