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Col. Torrens, M.P.. 9 September, 1831. increased demand for manufactures and for a manufacturing population, and here again will be another beneficial re-action upon the soil. So that the more we contemplate the various effects produced upon the industry of the country by a cheaper mode of conveyance, the more we must be convinced that wealth and population will be increased, and that agriculture instead of being injured must necessarily partake in the increased prosperity of the country.—In addition to what I have already stated, the saving of expence and of time in conveying passengers and goods, and the rapidity of communication will produce effects, the amount of which it would be almost impossible to calculate.