The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-19 00:00:00

The Victoria gold fields continued productive.

SHIPPING DEPARTURES FROM SYDNEY.
April 10—The barque Achilles, for London, with co-
lonial produce and 2 passengers. April 22—the ship
Woolloomooloo, for London, colonial produce, 26 pas-
sengers, and 48,481 oz. of gold ; and the barque Tamar,
for London, colonial produce, 14 passengers, and 10,951
oz. 17. dwt. of gold. April 24—The ship Cambodia, for
London, colonial produce and passengers. April 28—
The ship Washington Irving, for London, colonial pro-
duce and 18 passengers. May 10—The barque Oriental,
for London, passengers and produce.

VESSELS LOADING FOR LONDON.

The Lord W. Bentinck, the Pelham, the Alverton,
the Fleetwood, the Francis, the Surge, the Hooghly, the
Oriental Queen, the Tartar, and the Bengal Merchant.

ARRIVALS AT SYDNEY FROM EUROPE AND AMERICA.

April 10—The schooner Long Island, from San
Francisco, Feb. 15 ; and the Dutch ship Nehalennia,
from Liverpool, Nov. 22. April 14—The ship Arro-
gant, from London. April 16—The barque Tigris, from
London, Nov. 22. April 23—The steamer Monumen-
tal City, from San Francisco, Feb. 17. April 24—The
Hamburgh ship Java, from Plymouth, Nov. 21 (emi-
grants, 462). April 25—The American brig Dracul,
from San Francisco, Feb. 17. April 28—The barque
Fortune, from Liverpool, Jan. 16 (emigrants, 312).
April 29—The steamer Pirate, from Greenock, Dec. 2 ;
the steamer Harbinger, from Southampton, Feb. 11 ;
the barque Chandernagore, from London, December
23 ; the ship Childe Harold, from London, De-
cember 18 ; and the Russian barque Triton, from
Hamburg, Nov. 26, and from Cowes, Jan. 18. May 1
—The Danish ship Calloe, from London, Jan. 15.
May 2—The bark Commodore, from Greenock, Jan. 14.
May 3—The ship John Ritson, from London, Dec. 28.
May 4—The brig Deva, from Oporto, Dee. 9 ; and the
bark Pelham, from London, Jan. 19. May s—The ship
Patrician, from Plymouth, Jan. 14 ; and the ship Blun-
dell, from Plymouth, Jan. 17 (emigrants, 277). May 6
—The Dutch ship Zeepard, from London, Jan. 17.
May 7—The Dutch bark Bulgerstein, from Liverpool,
Jan. 26 ; the bark San Francisco, from Loudon, Jan.
14 ; the hark Nestor, from London, Jan. 28 ; and the
ship Royal Alice, from London, Jan. 14. May B—The
Dutch bark Pictura, from London, Jan. 18 S ;
Panthea, from London, Jan. 26 ; andl schooner the ship
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Helier, from Oporto, Jan. 12.

THE BUILDERS' STRIKES.-At a numerous meeting of
the builders of the metropolis, held yesterday, it was
unanimously resolved :—" That inasmuch as labour, like
every other article, has its market value, varying accord-
ing to circumstances, it is not expedient either for work-
men or employers to attempt to establish a standard
rate of wages. That neither the present state of the
labour market nor of that of the markets fcr provisions
render necessary an advance of wages at this time. That
the amount of wages now generally paid is, in the opi-
nion of this meeting, fair and ample, but that there can
be no objection to superior workmen being remunerated
according to their respective merits, That it is a matter
of great regret that partial strikes are taking place, and
thus great injusticeis being done to individual trades-
men. That other and better methods of determining
such questions as the rate of wages and regulation of
employments may well be found, or it is to be feared
that the employers will be forced into a combination in
self-defence—a course greatly to be deprecated."