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Wellington Independent, Volume I, Issue 40, 3 December 1845, Page 3

Enterprise op the Western Mates A v ry novel and remarkable feature of American enterprise has ih ; s week been exhibited among tlis arrivals at Liverpool. An American ship called the McskingHam. C*ptain Wellsj cf 350 tons, ouilt at Marietto, 70 miles above L'incinatti, an.! no less than 1700 mi es flam salt water, arrived direct from Cincinatii wich a car.o of oil cake and Oh o provi ions. The AdklaiOe Gallery.—The valuable collection of scientific instruments and cmiosiiies, purchased by a Company originally, at an experss of nearly £20,01)0, w«« s> Uin March last. The auctioneer asked J 2,i'Oo for the collection, when 400 guineas were offered, and it was knocked down for 490 tuineas. The King of Prussia has presented the King of the French with a magnificent porcela n vase, manufacured at Berlin, which his Prussian Majesty has recently forwarded to Paris- King Louis Phillii pc made the bearer cf the vase a present of 4,000 francs. Valuable Cargo.—The barque " Marchioness of Douro," Captain Wuodnonh, belonging to Leirh, arrived in the Thames with a cargo of teas and-silks—the latter a'oneof the value ot\£ J 250.0U0. The last census of Francs has ju-,t disclosed awful fact that iv Paris alone there are no less than 54.0U0 widows, A pauper of the name of Hart, who, with Irs wife, have been in the Stow-ou-the-Woid union house for some lenght of time, is likely, it is said, to cjme into the posses.-ion of ,£155,000. It '8 now arranged that foreign sailors, domiciled in this ciuutry, on presenting themselves at tne Home Office, and taking the oaths of allegiance, shall be entitled to register tickets and certificates the same as natural born Brituh seamen now are. Whenever you buy or sell, let or hire, make ,1 clear bargain, and never trust to 'we shan't dbagree about 1 rifles.' Base Coin.—The circulation of base coin is m w practised to a great extent in London, particularly of shillings and sixpences. The spurious coin are manufactured in a superior style, bein< double plaited, and the sound excellent, and are • upposed to be made in Birmingham, The detection can, however, be made by weighing them ngaimt real coiu.