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ASTLEY’s ANNUAL WHERRY.
Being the fifteenth anniversary in honour of HIS MAJESTY’s BIRTH-DAY, was yesterday rowed for by the following six Free Watermen:--
NAMES. RESIDENCE. COLOURS.
DANIEL MALLET, Cuper’s Bridge, Green.
THOMAS DUFFIN, Lambeth, Blue.
ALEXANDER ASHLEY, Iron Gate, Purple.
GEORGE HUTCHINGS, Rotherhithe, Crimson.
JOHN RIDER, Iron Gate, Yellow.
CHARLES GINGEL, Temple, Scarlet.
Each Candidate wore a cap and sash, of the colour annexed to his name, to distinguish him. At three o’clock, they cast lots for the stations they were to take at starting. At six o’clock, precisely a quarter before they started, there was no material difference till they got to the Nine Elms, when Mallet shot a-head; Duffin followed close; Rider was the third boat; when they rowed round the boat stationed off Vauxhall, leaving the other three at some small distance behind, but was passed by Alexander Ashley, facing Lambeth Palace, on their return; and in this order they kept during the first heat. The three Boats which were first started resumed the second time the contest for the Prize Wherry. It was won by Daniel Mallet, a waterman, who plies at Cuper’s-bridge. He was escorted by a numerous cavalcade to the Royal Amphitheatre, and presented with the Prize Wherry on the stage, the whole performers joining in an appropriate chorus. Thomas Duffin, being the second, received two guinea. The THEATRE was remarkably crowded; and the Evening’s Entertainments concluded highly to the satisfaction of a very respectable assemblage.
