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KAUNITZ KAYE 775 most strongly expressed in his "Don Pedro de Arbuez, the Inquisitor," which, appearing at the time of the oecumenical council (1869-'70), produced a great sensation, and gave rise to many controversies. Shortly hefore his death he was at work upon a large cartoon of " The Deluge;" and he had finished his "St. Michael, the Patron Saint of Germany," in the garb of a heavenly messenger with a radiant air of tri- umph, and with Napoleon III. and his son and several Jesuits cowering at his feet. This work has been characterized as a grand memo- rial of his nation's and of his own greatness. His death was mourned as a national calamity, and measures have been taken for the erec- tion of a monument in his honor. His cousin FBIEDKICII excels as a portrait painter ; and he has also painted "Adam and Eve finding the Corpse of Abel," the " Coronation of Charle- magne," " Mozart performing his Requiem shortly before his Death," and other historical pictures. KACNITZ, Wenzel Anton, prince, count of Riet- berg, an Austrian statesman, born in Vienna in 1711, died June 27, 1794. One of 19 chil- dren, he was destined for the church ; but after the death of some of his elder brothers, he chose a secular career, studying at Vienna, Leipsic, and Leyden. He became a chamber- lain of the emperor Charles VI., travelled for some years in Germany, Italy, France, and England, and in 1735 was appointed aulic coun- cillor of the empire. By marriage he became the proprietor of the county of Rietberg. His influence rose under the daughter and succes- sor of Charles, Maria Theresa, when, after va- rious and successful diplomatic missions to Rome, Turin, and Brussels, and a short admin- istration of the Austrian Netherlands till their occupation by the French in 1746, he signed for Austria the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748). Shortly after he became minister of state, but soon left this post, being sent as ambassador to France, where he secured the influence of Mme. de Pompadour for an alli- ance with Maria Theresa. This was effected in 1756, and the seven years' war began, after the conclusion of which Kaunitz, who in 1753 had been appointed chancellor, was elevated to the rank of prince of the empire. He ac- companied Joseph II. to the interview at Neu- stadt in Moravia with Frederick the Great, when the two monarehs concerted the scheme of the first partition of Poland, but against the opinion of the minister. Frederick speaks dis- paragingly of him in his memoirs ; and Joseph, whom he served without success in his schemes for the annexation of Bavaria, gradually with- drew his favor from the old statesman during his actual reign (1780-'90). Kaunitz gained new influence during the short reign of Leo- pold II., but after the accession of his son Fran- cis (1792) he resigned his offices. A taciturn and scheming diplomatist, Kaunitz was cere- moniously grave with his equals, fond of the French language, literature, and fashions, and with much frivolity, vanity, and self-love united probity, affability toward inferiors, and fidelity to the interests of the empire. h YUIII, .lulin, a British authoress, born in Thurles, Ireland, in 1824. At an early age she accompanied her parents to France, where she was educated. In 1844 she took up her residence in London. She published in 1847 a tale for children entitled " The Three Paths." This was followed by "Madeleine" (1848), a story of peasant life in France, and in 1850 by a series of historical sketches, " Woman in France in the 18th Century." In 1851 ap- peared "Nathalie," a novel, in which the scene is also laid in France. Among her other works are: "Women of Christianity exem- plary for Piety " (1852), "Daisy Burns" (1853), "Grace Lee" (1854) "Rachel Gray" (1855), "The Hobbies" (1857), "Adele" (1858), " French Women of Letters " (1861), " Eng- lish Women of Letters " (1862), " Queen Mab " (1863), "Sibyl's Second Love" (1867), and "Sylvia "(1870). kAVAYtmi, Hiililiard Hinde, an American bishop, born in Clark co., Ky., Jan. 14, 1802. At the age of 15 he was apprenticed to a print- er, was licensed as a local preacher of the Methodist church in 1822, and printed a sec- ular journal at Augusta, Ky. He joined the Kentucky annual conference in 1823, and was employed on very extensive and laborious cir- cuits, riding on horseback 200 miles, and preaching at 25 regular appointments, every 28 days. After five years given to this circuit service, he was engaged from 1828 to 1848 in the pastorate, in the superintending of public instruction, and in college agencies. In 1854, at the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church south, he was elected bishop, which office he continued to hold in 1874. KAYE, John, an English bishop, born in Ham- mersmith, London, in 1783, died in Lincoln, Feb. 19, 1853. lie graduated at Christ's col- lege, Cambridge, in 1804, was elected master of the college in 1814, and in 1815 was made D. D. by royal mandate. In 1816 he became regius professor of divinity. He was made bishop of Bristol in 1820, and was translated to Lincoln in 1827. His writings include "Ec- clesiastical History of the Second and Third Centuries illustrated from the Writings of Ter- tullian " (1826) ; " Some Account of the Wri- tings and Opinions of Clement of Alexandria " (1835) ; " Some Account of the Waitings and Opinions of Justin Martyr" (1836; 3d ed., 1853) ; and " Account of the Government of the Church during the First Three Centuries" (1855). He also published anonymously "Re- marks on Dr. Wiseman's Lectures," and " Re- ply to the Travels of an Irish Gentleman." KATE, Sir John William, an English author, born in 1814. After serving for some time as lieutenant in the army in India, he returned to England in 1845, and devoted himself to lit- erature. In 1 856 he entered the home civil ser- vice of the East India company, and upon the