The Sun. — 1858-08-09 (London, England)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—ATTEMPT TO COIIIIIIT SUICIDE AT THE SERPENTINE.—Mary Ann TOntline, a tesp, c t ably- attired female of about 30, was charged before Mr. Beadon with attempting to commit suicide by throwing herself into the Serpentine river, Hyde Palk. William Edward Whitehead, in the employ of Messrs. Harvey and Co., of Ludgate-bill, said he was passing by the. Receiving-house, Hyde Park, on Saturday, about 8 o'clock, when his attention was called to the prisoner, who w:s struggling in the water, by two little boys. He hastened to the spot, and without waiting to divest himself of any of his clothing rushed in and pulled her out by the shoulders. He felt convinced that, had there teen any delay, she would have lost her life. Wilson, 153 C, said he received the prisoner from the last witness, and she was given into hiq custody by the Superintendent of th Royal Humane Society, when he took her to the workhouse. . _  These markets continue to be seasonably well supplied with each kind of meat. Generally speaking the demand is in a sluggish state, as follows : Per Sibs. by the carcase. Beef,interior 2s 10d Ss 21 f Matton, inferior Ss 01 Ss 2d ---middling ... Ss 4d Ss end' middling middling ss 41 Ss tzd prime large So 8d Ss 101 prime Ss 106 46 4d prime grand] 48 06 4s 21 Po' k, iarge Veal Lamb, 4s Od to 55 Od.  In consequence of the unsettled state of some most important questions directly affecting the employment of labour here, it has been our duty for some time past rather to discourage the emigration towards oar shores of those who on their arrival would have .•been dependent on immediately fincing a demand for their services. No benefit would have been conferred on the colony or on the immigrants themselves by inducing persons to come hither merely to swell the ranks of the unemployed. Of this, however, there is now no fear, fur the construction of our national railways has been actually commenced ; and these alone will give work to a large number of additional hands. On the gold-fields, too, the issue of leases, soon to be looked for, will create a vastly increased demand for labour. Opinion is much di dded as to which will prove the best system of working out the larger extent of autiferous soil and of quartz reefs that will be so granted fir a certain term to each company or capitalist; but there cannot be a doubt that there is now a prospect of a much wider and more certain ficld for manual labour being opened up than has hitherto existed in mining for gold. Both on the railway and in mining the emp:oytnent of an increased number of labourers will provide a proportionate amount of work fur mechanics, in supplying the needful machinery and tools. In erecting this machinery, building bridges, culverts, &e., on the railways, and in providing dwellings for the miners, who, on becoming more settled members of tociety, will require better abiding-places than the tents and temporary huts they now occupy, the assistance of many carpenters, masons, and bricklayers will be required ; so that this prospect oefull occupation ex•ends to all sections of the working classes  Uroler this heaThig we may mention that a complaint has been made to us by letter from England of the difficulty exp rienced there in learning many things regarding the colony with which an emigrant should be acquainted, especially the cost of living here. It is well said by the writer that backs cannot be relied on, for the changes are so great during a yt,ar or two of our rapid progress that they may be considered as out of date soon after publication ; but this is not the case with the papers forwarded by every mail, and most of these contain in their market reports a cotrict list of the retail prices of all ordinary articles of consumption, as well as the wholesale prices. From these reports it will ba easy to calculate the cost of maintaining a family in food, anti from Bs. to 12s. a week, according to size and situation, may be sat down as the rent of such a cottage as working men usually reside in. On the w ho!e, the cost of maintaining a family bare is greater than in England, but not at all in prop ,rtion to the higher rate of wages. At boarding- houses in town single men can obtain board and lodging at charges varying from 20s. to 255. a week. In same of these there is a sutli lent accommodation to allow of each lodcer having a small bed room to himself, and to all three abundant meals of bread and meat are served every day, with tea and ceffee morning and evening. Persons in the mother country requiring information on OHS:: points hare oily to search the columns of a Melbourne paper of late date, anti from the advertisements of boarding-house keepers, and those of houses to be let, together with the market reports, they will be able to ascertain pretty accurately the st or living there.