The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser. — 1854-09-12 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE'' GIPSEY GANG."—Henry Glover and Dick Welsh, known as members of a fraternity of " roughs" called the " Gipsey Gang," were convicted in the penalties of £5 each, or to be committed for two months, for assaulting Police-officers 507 and 733, while in the execution of their duty,: endeavouring to disperse a crowd of brawlers in Park-road, on Saturday night.  Tnn " Mocs AucrioNi"—Mr. William Westerman, of 35, Soho-street, appeared to ,tomplain against a man, named Hesse, who keeps one of the mock auction-rooms, which abound in Paradise-street-and Whitechapel, under the following circumstances :—On Friday night, he said, between eight and nine o'clock, he was induced (probably by the " touter" at the door) to go into No. 25, Paradisestreet,• where, it was alleged, there was a sale of watches and jewellery by auction. Some•silver watches were put up, and he bid for one, which wasicnocked down to him for £2 17s. 6d. Hesse then showed him another watch, and, after some bargaining, •it was agreed that he should have it in exchange for the other, on receiving 15s. in exchange. A silver guard chain was-then put up, and he became the purchaser of that for 15s. The next article was a gold watch, said to be capped, • and jewelled in thirteen  He bid for that, and a it was Cuocked down  £6 lOs  Hesse then told him that be would exchange the silver watch for the gold one, if he would pay the difference, and put down 108. on account. This he agreed to do ; but Hesse subsequently asserted that the complainant had purchased both watches, and refused to let him have the gold watch or return the 10s.—The defendant, who manifested considerable assurance, repeated the assertions he had made to the complainant ; and as there was not sufficient evidence to proceed summarily, he was discharged. Inspector Kehoe stated that the defendant was one of a number of men who kept these mockauctions ; and that the unwary and silly persons who went to them were sure to be imposed, on. He had several times been summoned before the court, but had always continued to evade the punishment —Mr. Mansfield advised the complainant either to obtain a summons against the man for detaining the watch, &c., or to bring an action in the. county court for the recovery of .the value of the property as' knocked down to him.  EtSNISIIMENT FOR 'LIAISING A Wirl3.—A few days since some workmen engaged in a mine near Plymouth, drew up one of their comrades by a rope in the public thoroughfare, and suspended him in mid-air about 30 feet high,. screaming murder at the top of his voice, for illtreating his wife. _  A PUMPKIN has just been sent to the Paris market from the Valley of the Loire, the circumference of which is. 3 metres 28 centimetres, or about that of an ordinary cabriolet wheel, and its weight 217 kilogrammes 21 grammes (about 478 lbs. English). It is calculated that it would feed one person for three months, and that from SO to Z 5 kilogrammes of sugar might be extracted from it. It was sold for 62f.  ninistrat  tEGuranoxs...:--It is a. rule with every that there .shall always be a Secretary of State in the metropolis during the vacation. At present  this duty necessarily devolves upon the Duke of Newcastle, whose official functions are liable to be called into active operation at this juncture at_,any moment. The  three ()filer secretaries have availed themselves -a the opportunity of relaxation and repose, Lord Palmerston being at Broadlands, Sir George Grey at Pallodou, and  the Earl of Clarendon at th Clarendon, however, visits t  irove, nea  )reign Office about every  TnE IleßvEsT.—The Globe says 'it is calculated that the harvest throughout the United Kingdom will show an increase of 14,000,000 quarters of grain over last yea viz., about 6,000,000 qrs, of oats. In  le absence of agricultural statistics, it is, of course, only possible to form an approzimate estimate ; but this increase will prove a saving to the country of  A