As to the priests in 1850, we heard from several quarters, of an old prophecy that there shall be a fearful massacre of priests, against whom the people shall be much embittered. One seer declares, that such will be the hatred of the peasantry towards the priests, that a peasant, sitting down to dinner with his family, and having just stuck a fork into the fowl, shall, on seeing a priest pass by the house, lay down his fork, rush out, beat out the priest’s brains with his club, and then return to his meal with satisfaction. Another tradition, of which we heard from several well-informed persons, states that a pope shall come as a fugitive to reside at Cologne, with four cardinals, and there exercise his ecclesiastical functions. A prophecy, of date 1622, concerning certain months of a year not named. “The month of May shall earnestly prepare for war. But it is not yet time. June shall also invite to war, but still it is not time. July will prove so cruel, that many must part from wife and child. In August, men shall everywhere hear of war. September and October shall bring great bloodshed. Wonders shall be seen in November. At this time the child is twenty-eight years old, (the powerful monarch) whose wet nurse shall be from the east. He shall do great things.” Prophecies of the “Powerful Monarch:”— One prophet says,—“He shall be of an ancient noble house, and descend from the top of the rocks. His mother shall be a twin. He will be Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, (the German Empire.) Holzhaüser says, ‘He shall be born in the bosom of the Catholic Church;’ his name shall be, ‘The Help of God.’” See the preceding prophecies, _passim_. We have now given a sufficient sketch of some of the more curious and definite popular German prophecies. The curate of Dortmund adds a considerable number of others, more vague, mystical, and in some cases theological, which we omit, as not adapted to our present purpose; and others not bearing on Germany, of some interest—especially a long one concerning Italy, by the Franciscan monk, Bartolomeo da Saluzzi—which want of space prevents us from discussing at this time. Let us now consider the foregoing prophecies in general. We must admit, as it seems to us, that there exist in Germany unfulfilled popular prophecies, the authenticity of which is respectably attested and generally admitted. We further observe, that, taking the whole of them, as far as known to us, we can trace the following points pervading the entire series, more or less:— 1. A great war after a peace, about this time. 2. It is preceded by political convulsions, and lesser wars. 3. The East and North fight against the South and West. 4. The latter finally prevail, under a powerful prince, who unexpectedly rises up. 5. The great struggle is short, and occurs late in the year. 6. It is decided by the battle of the Birch-Tree, near Werl.