From Illustrated London News, Saturday, September 26, 1846; pg. 199; Issue 230. FATAL ACCIDENT AT A PLEASURE-PARTY ON THE RIVER.  -   On Tuesday morning a fatal and distressing accident occurred on the River Thames, near Battersea.  It appears that four persons hired a small boat at Westminster, for the purpose of proceeding to Richmond for a day's pleasure.  It was observed that the parties did not understand the management of a boat. They, however, arrived safely near Battersea, when they rowed athwart a barge, which was lying at anchor; one of the parties moved from his seat, and the boat immediately capsized, throwing the whole of them into the water.  Two succeeded in grasping the cable, and were rescued by the bargeman.  The other two unfortunate men, named James GASCOINE , aged twenty-four, and George JAMES , aged thirty-two, residing in Clerkenwell-green, almost instantly sank, and were never seen to rise again.  The boat was picked up and conveyed home by a fisherman.