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It is reported that the Marquis of Queensberry, father of Lord Alfred Douglas, has publicly chastised his eldest son; Lord Douglas. Both father and son were arrested, and afterwards admitted to bail.

LONDON, May 22, 11 a.m.

The Marquis of Queensberry, addressing the crowd, yesterday, publicly disowned his son, and the crowd cheered him. Both the Marquis and his son are now being tried for disorderly conduct. It appears that the Marquis of Queensberry met Lord Douglas in Piccadilly, and the police had great difficulty in separating them. The Marquis struck his son, giving him a violent blow on the eyes, which were blackened. Lord Douglas, it was stated, called his father a liar and a slanderer.

LONDON, May 22, Noon.

The Marquis of Queensberry was accused by his son of having written insulting letters to his wife. At the conclusion of the hearing of the evidence at the police court, both accused were ordered to enter into sureties for keeping the peace.

During the fracas in Piccadilly, the Marquis of Queensberry offered to fight his son in any part of the country for £10,000.

A disgraceful encounter, the news of which has caused a great sensation, took place yesterday in public between the Marquis of Queensberry and Lord Douglas of Hawick, who was one of the bondsmen for Oscar Wilde.

When the news of the conflict was first made public, rumors were circulated that the parties concerned were the Marquis of Queensberry and his son, Lord Alfred Douglas, and the accounts were garnished with most sensational details. It was made to appear that the father, meeting the son in a fashionable thoroughfare during the afternoon, had administered a severe chastisement, that the son had retaliated with great offence upon his parent, and that both had been arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct and admitted to bail.

Lord Alfred Douglas, however, was present at the encounter, having been walking with Lord Douglas of Hawick when the meeting with the Marquis of Queensberry took place.

The encounter between the Marquis of Queensberry and Lord Douglas of Hawick occurred in a street in Piccadilly. The quarrel speedily attracted a large crowd of highly interested spectators.

A violent altercation took place between the two respecting the allegation made by Lord Queensberry against Oscar Wilde and the relations between him and Lord Alfred Douglas. During the dispute Lord Douglas of Hawick called the marquis "a liar and a slanderer."

Lord Queensberry thereupon struck Lord Douglas a violent blow in the face, causing a bruise, which speedily developed into a black eye. The pair immediately closed. The police, however, were promptly on the scene. With great difficulty they succeeded in separating the combatants, both of whom were arrested, and were afterwards admitted to bail.

Before he was led from the spot Lord Queensberry, who was in a highly excited state, made a speech to the crowd setting forth the motives for his action. Referring to the filial disobedience of his son, he stated that henceforward he would disown him.

The speech of the marquis was received by the crowd with cheers.

Both the combatants have entered into peace sureties.

During the street fracas in Piccadilly, the Marquis of Queensberry offered to fight his son, Lord Alfred Douglas, in any part of the country for £10,000 a side.