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A failing match is, we hear, shortly to take place on the Thames, for 100 guineas a side, between Young ASTLEY’s boat, the Mercury, and one of the vessels which started for the last Vauxhall Cup. Should the Young Manager exhibit as skill at the helm of the Mercury, as he has done at that of the ROYAL SALOON, it is not difficult to determine in whose favour the odds will run.
