Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-07-07

families of Europe. An Austrian cap
tain of cavalry, who superseded the
Prince Of Orange in the alliance of the
Princess Charlotte of England; enjoy
ing pension of fifty thousand pounds
a year for twenty years, of which he
saved every shilling; next superseded
the Prince of Orange in the possession
of Belgium, and is now king on the
! simple credit of having a good leg, do
ing nothing, and being Coburg.
RussIA.-Nicholas the first, born
in l796-a daring, active, and ambi-
tious despot, He began by excluding
his brother Constantine from the throne,
and is supposed to have the largest
esophagus of any sovereign in exist
ence. He has already swallowed Po-
land-has made an enormous bite out
of Persia; holds Tartaryi in his left hand,
ready for luncheon Turkey lies dres-
sed before him for dinner, and what
he is to sup on, or where, is known on
ly to himself and his old namesake.-
But he is vigorous, vigilant, subtle,
and persevering; and, therefore, the
better to be baffied by Lord Palmers-
ton.
PRUss1A.-William the fourth, born
in 1895. Since the beginning of this
year, successor to his father Frederick
William the third. His character is
yet to be known. He is supposed
lover Of war, as all princes are for want
of something else to do; and certainly
no lover of the French, from his recol-
lections of that most polished and blum
dering all nations; but wofshpper
of Russia, on the same principles that
make the African bow down.
AUSTRIA erdinand, born in 1898.
In Austria, the government is wholly
constructed ON the principles of the
nursery; the people are children who
think of nothing but their breakfasts,
dinners and suppers, and, if furnished
with dolls and dancers, are as happy
as the day is long. But they never
grow. When refractory, they are whip
ped or put in the black hole. When
good hulnored they are suffered to run
about the fields, provided they never
run out of sight of the head nurse, and
can be brought by the check of an a.
prom string. While they live, they
merely walk in go-carts-when they
die, they ere merely wrapped up and
put to bed.
SpA1N.-Maria Isabella Louisa,
born in 1886. The youngest of all So
vereigns, though by no means the most
childish. Her mother manages the
state for her; Gen. Espartero manages
the state for her mother; the mob ma-
nages the state for the city of Madrid;
and the mob itself is managed by the
beggar, the thief, and the soldier. The
civil war has died out for a want of
material, and Spain IS now amusing
itself with shooting prisoners.
PoRTUGAL.-Maria de Gloria, born
in 1919. Sovereign of an Independent
country, which England alone saves
from being swallowed up by Spain ;
ruling by the eimperishable' constitution
which has been changed three times
since her accession in 1896; and sit
ting on the throne of an enlightened,
free, and stranquilised' nation; them
selves ruined by the priest, the police,
and the mob of Lisbon.
SWEDEN AND NoRwAY.-Charles
John the fourteenth, born in 1854;
formerly Burnadotte-a singular in
stance Of fortune, seconded by conduct.
A Frenchman, entering the services as
common marine; and then raising a.
bove the highest to the throne; and
then raising above the man who placed
him there by keeping the throne when
Napoleon had lost it. He now lives
the sole survivor of Napoleon monarchs;
bold, vigorous and honest man; a
brave soldier, successful general, and
in country of strangers, secure king.
TuRKEY.-Abdel Mehed the Unfor-
tunate, the son of Nahmoud the I'm
lucky, born in 1923. He has come to
the throne as man might come to his
dinner, with party Of wild beasts
round the table. 1t is not likely that
he can much enjoy his meal. All the
sovereignties of Europe are open
mouthed round him, and he is spared
from hour to hour only by the shows
of their tusks at each other. But the
first bite is the signal for universal bat
tie, and which ever gorges, Turkey
must finish the meal.
William the first, born
in TITS. The first king Of the Neither
lands-a kingdom cut from France by
the scissors Of the Congress of Vienna,
and cut in two by the hatchets OF the
mob of Brussels; a prince hard-headed,
hard working, and hardly used. 10
solace the cares Of sovereignty IN the
foggiest land in the universe, he fell IN