460 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 267. 



informant : — 1. In 1827 the Russians would show to 

 the world that they were able to conquer the Turks. 

 2. The French royal family, then in Holyrood House, 

 would be restored ; but would not continue on the throne 

 beyond 1830, when they would be driven from power 

 never again to return. About the year 1830 there would 

 be a reform in Parliament, and our informant was to 

 know that this was to take place when he saw the differ- 

 ent trades uniting like the masons. The Tories would 

 be thrown out for a time, and great convulsions would 

 follow in the political world. In 1840 there would be a 

 great eflfbrt made to extend the Church of Scotland ; but 

 this would be the cause of much opposition and conten- 

 tion, and would not be successful. In the year 1843, the 

 Church was to be thrown into great difficulties, and infi- 

 delity and irreligion would prevail to a fearful extent 

 for a long time ... In 1848 there would be a terrible 

 convulsion, and there would be no peace till 1863. In 

 1863 there would be restoration of peace to the Church, 

 and all the true churches would be united. The Jews 

 are to be restored to their own land, and to be a political 

 power there as in the days of Solomon. Eussia is to be 

 the ' instrument for restoring them.' " 



Extracts from German Prophecies, Blackwood's Magazine, 

 May, 1850. 



"Brother Herrmann, a monk of the monastery of 

 Lehnin, who flourished about a.d. 1270, wrote prophecies 

 in Latin verse which refer to the present times, and were 

 printed in 1723 by Professor Lilienthal from an old 

 manuscript. It is chiefly in the form of a brief prophetic 

 history of the House of HohenzoUem, the now royal house 

 of Prussia. One line relating to Frederick the Great 

 is curious : * Flantibus hinc Austris, vitam vult credere 

 claustris' — When the south wind blows, he trusts his life 

 to the cloisters. In fact, Frederick, when hard pressed 

 by the Austrians, was once compelled to conceal himself in 

 a monastery. Of the present King Frederick William III. 

 he says : ' At length he bears the sceptres who shall be 

 the last of his race.' Other prophecies coincide with this 

 in predicting that the present will be the last King of 

 Prussia. Joseph Von Gorres, who died Jan. 1848, before 

 the last revolution in France, on his death-bed lamented 

 the misfortunes about to come on Poland, described Hun- 

 gary as appearing to him one huge field of carnage, and 

 wept over the approaching downfall of the European 

 monarchs. Jaspers, a Westphalian peasant, who died 

 soon after 1830, predicted as follows : ' A great road will 

 be carried through our country from east to west, which 

 will pass through the forests of Bodelschwing. On this 

 road carriagas will run without horses, and cause a dread- 

 ful noise. At the commencement of this work, a great 

 scarcity will here prevail ; pigs will become very dear ; 

 and a new religion will arise, in which wickedness will be 

 regarded as prudence and politeness. Before this road is 

 quite completed, a frightful war will break out. The 

 railway from Cologne to Minden, which was not com- 

 pleted in 1849 when wars broke out . . . After this, 

 another war will break out : not a religious war among 

 Christians, but between those who believe in Christ, and 

 those who do not believe. This war comes from the East ; 

 I dread the East. This war will break out suddenly. In 

 the evening they will cry ' Peace ! peace ! ' and yet peace 

 is not. In the morning the enemy will be at the door ; 

 yet it shall soon pass, and he who knows of a good hiding- 

 place for a few days is secure ... In the year in which 

 the great war will break out there will be so fine a spring, 

 that in April the cows will be feeding in the meadows on 

 luxuriant grass ... A great battle will be fought at the 

 birch tree, between Unna, Hamm, and Werl ; the people of 

 half the world will there be opposed to each other. God 



will terrify the enemy by a dreadful storm. Of the Rus- 

 sians, but few shall return home to tell of their defeat . . . 

 The Poles are at first put down; but they will, along 

 with other nations, fight against their oppressors, and at 

 last obtain a king of their own . . . France will be divided 

 internally into three parts. Spain will not join in the 

 war . . . Austria will be fortunate, provided she do not 

 wait too long. The Papal chair will be vacant for a time 

 . . . Germany shall have one king, and then shall come 

 happy times.' Spielbahn, who died in 1783, says: 'In 

 that time it will be hardly possible to distinguish the 

 peasant from the noble. Courtly manners, and worldly 

 vanity, will reach to a height hitherto unequalled. Human 

 intellect will do wonders, and on this account men will 

 more and more forget God. They will mock at God, 

 thinking themselves omnipotent because of the carriages 

 which shall run through the whole world without being 

 drawn by animals. And because courtly vices, sensuality, 

 and sumptuousness of apparel are then so great, God will 

 punish the world. A poison shall fall on the fields, and 

 a great famine shall afHict the country . . . Tlie whole 

 city of Cologne shall then see a fearful battle. Men of 

 foreign nations shall here be killed, and men and women 

 shall fight for their faith . . . Men will then wade in 

 blood up to their ancles . . . &c.' " 



W.H. 

 Hull. 



ZETTEE OF MKS. HANNAH MORE. 



I think that the following letter may interest 

 many of your readers. As it is written compa- 

 ratively speaking lately, I give merely the initials 

 of the persons whose names are mentioned. 



My dear General, 



Tho' those barbarous R s have run away 



from me, I am determined that they shall not mo- 

 nopolise you. To be sure, they do all the good in 

 the world ; but if the maxim be true, that to do 

 good is only to make " un ingrat et mille mecon- 

 tents," it must be better to do no good at all, and 

 so poor I sit down contented not to do any, to es- 

 cape so wide a mischief. I am really anxious to 

 know how you are, and I will thank you for a line, 

 especially if it tells me you are better, as I 

 earnestly hope. 



I wish you had been here yesterday, you would 



have met an interesting trio ; Mr. B , home 



secretary to the Bible Society, Mr. L — -, our 

 secretary, spick and span new from Constantinople, 



and Dr. P ■, from Russia. My friend from the 



land of the Turks thinks war inevitable. Let us 

 join our prayers that this worst of evils may be 

 averted. You will be glad to hear from them 

 that the Bible Society is in a flourishing state. 

 The Scotch have just sent a handsome subscrip- 

 tion. All is peace. 



My present companion, Miss T , is gone to- 

 day to the Annual Bible Meeting at Bristol, 

 where these gentlemen will make important com- 

 munications. She longs to know you. 



Condole with me, my dear Sir, on my unhappy 

 lot ; it is my hard destiny to have been born in 



