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KILVERT, FRANCIS. 



experience and careful observations in the dif- 

 ferent oceans washing the shores of the East- 

 ern and Western Continents to come to cer- 

 tain conclusions relative to ocean currents and 

 their causes, and the prevalent winds of the 

 different regions, similar to those which were 

 subsequently published by Captain Maury, and 

 published in 1851 (five years before the publi- 

 cation of Maury's " Physical Geography of the 

 Sea ") three memoirs under the titles of " Gen- 

 eral Considerations upon the Atlantic Ocean," 

 "upon the Indian Ocean," and "upon the Pa- 

 cific Ocean." He commenced at this time his 

 great work, which was published in 1853, in 

 three volumes, 8vo., entitled " Manual of the 

 Navigation of the West Coast of Africa." This 

 work included a description of the entire At- 

 lantic coast of Africa, and the adjacent islands, 

 and was illustrated with drawings giving a suc- 

 cession of views of the entire shores from the 

 Straits of Gibraltar southward. He also pub- 

 lished, in 1853, the first edition of his "Manu- 

 al of Navigation in the Sea of the Antilles " 

 (the Carribbean Sea), a work of great labor and 

 research. A revision and extension of this 

 work was his last literary labor, the final proof 

 sheets of it passing through his hands while he 

 was suffering from the disease which proved 

 fatal. Captain de Kerhallet was a diligent ob- 

 server and a hard-working student, and in other 

 departments of physical science his attainments 

 were such as would have won him high repu- 

 tation. He was particularly partial to geograph- 

 ical science, and his occasional papers on 

 countries on the African coast, communicated 

 to the Bulletin of the Geographical Society at 

 Paris, were replete with interest. 



KILVERT, Rev. FRANCIS, an English scholar 

 and author, born in Bath, 1793, died at his res- 

 idence, Claverton Lodge, Bath, Sept. 16th, 

 1863. His education was commenced under 

 Dr. Rowlandson, at Hungerford, where he was 

 a fellow-pupil of the present bishop of Here- 



i ford. Afterward, he was for some years at 

 the Bath Grammar School, where his attain- 



I ments recommended him to the head master, 

 who engaged him as one of the assistant mas- 

 ters prior to his matriculation at Oxford. He 

 entered Worcester College in 1811, was ordain- 

 ed deacon in 1816, and priest in 1817. His 

 first curacy was that of Claverton, near Bath. 

 In 1837 Mr. Kilvert, who had for many years 

 previously taken private pupils in Bath, became 

 possessor of Claverton Lodge, to which he 

 transferred his pupils, and in this sphere of 

 duty continued until his death. In his later 

 years he was constantly receiving testimonials 

 of affection from the young men formerly un- 



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der his charge, many of whom had become 

 highly distinguished. He was a man of un- 

 common purity of life, and, as a guide to youth, 

 and the framer of their religious and moral sen- 

 timents, his precepts and his holy example 

 were invaluable. In 1822 Mr. Kilvert mar- 

 ried Adelaide Sophia de Chievre, a lady of 

 French extraction, and a refugee of very an- 

 cient and historical family. He was the author 

 of several works, among which are : " a vol- 

 ume containing fourteen sermons preached in 

 St. Mary's Church, Bathwick, 1827 ; a selec- 

 tion from unpublished papers of Bishop War- 

 burton, 1841 ; a collection of original Latin in- 

 scriptions; and "Memoirs of the Life and 

 Writings of Bishop Hurd, with a selection from 

 his correspondence," 1860. 



KOWER, THE MAHARANEE JENDAN, relict 

 of Runjeet Singh, Maharajah of Lahore, born 

 not far from 1780, died at Abingdon House, 

 Kensington, August 1st, 1863. She was said 

 to have been of humble birth, but was selected 

 by the Runjeet as one of his harem, and from 

 that time her career was one of splendor, crime, 

 success, and misfortune. As his favorite wife, 

 and the mother of the little prince, she became 

 the most powerful sultana in Asia. Runjeet 

 was succeeded by Kurruck Singh, and she caus- 

 ed him to be despatched with acetate of lead 

 mingled with a curry. Nao Nehal Singh fol- 

 lowed Kurruck on the throne, but, as he pass- 

 ed upon his elephant beneath an arch, after his 

 coronation, it was contrived that the masonry 

 should fall and crush him. The widow of 

 Kurruck, and her son, being yet in her way to 

 the throne, she caused the former to be killed 

 by her chamber-women, and the little prince 

 was shown an English rifle, and while examin- 

 ing it the muzzle was turned to his breast and 

 four slugs were discharged in his heart. Hav- 

 ing won at last the crown of the Punjaub for 

 her child, she employed the influence thus ob- 

 tained to revel in license. In conjunction with 

 her lover, Lall Singh, she declared war upon the 

 British, by marching her Sikhs across the Sutlej, 

 but was defeated and finally reduced to the 

 mere guardianship of a protected prince. Then 

 she commenced the net-work of intrigue with 

 Moolraj of Mooltan ; Golab Singh, of Cashmere ; 

 and Dost Mohammed, of Afghanistan ; resulting 

 in the murder of the English officers at Mool- 

 tan, and the second Sikh war. She was re- 

 moved to Benares, too late to avert the great 

 war she had fomented, and in her imprison- 

 ment learned that the son for whom she had 

 sinned and plotted was dethroned and exiled. 

 Thenceforward she passed from the eyes of 

 men, a pensioner of the British power. 



