constant  emigration  from  Ireland,  as  well  as  from  the  Rhine
countries  of  Germany,  to  more  than  eight  millions ;  and  thus:
one  may  with  certainty  affirm  that  their  influence  will  always
be  more  and  more  in  the  ascendant.  Thus,  over  all  western
Christendom,  with  the  exception  of  but  a  few  countries,  the  sons
of  Loyola  firmly  established  themselves,  and,  indeed,  all  over
the  New  World  their  wheat  flourished  in  such  a  way  as  to  enable
them  to  anticipate  a  truly  splendid  harvest.  Consequently^
their  power  was  by  no  means  broken  by  the  Abolition  Bull  of
Pope  Ganganelli,  as,  otherwise,  they  could  not  have  risen  agaitt
in  the  way  they  actually  have  done  since  1814.  They  might
have  lost  somewhat  as  to  riches — perhaps  even  a  very  great,
deal,  as  they  were  deprived  of  their  great  possessions,  and  had
to  relinquish  their  extended  traffic  with  the  East  and  West
Indies,  which  annually  brought  them  in  millions.
As  regards  members,  on  the  other  hand,  they  appear  rather
to  have  increased  than  diminished,  and,  in  the  number  of
assistancies  and  provinces,  to  have  remained  about  stationary.
