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"You are not an artist," said Wilde at the Old Bailey when Mr. Carson refused to take some piece of shameless immorality as "a work of pure beauty." "No, I am not an artist," rejoined Mr. Carson, "and when I hear some of your answers I am very glad of it."

MR. CARSON'S MODESTY.

Mr. Carson, far from joining in the general chorus of approval which has greeted his masterly display of cross-examination, says that he never had a much easier case. "Carson is the coming Russell of his day so far as cross-examination is concerned," remarked one M.P. the other night. It was curious, and at the same time rather pleasant (remarks a Parliamentary writer) to observe bitter political opponents patting Mr. Carson on the shoulders, and saying, "Well done!" You might have seen Mr. Tim Heaiy and Mr. Swift MacNeill acting so.

HOW SOME LETTERS WERE SECURED.

One of the principal witnesses who was to have been called to support Lord Queenberry's case left his lodgings in London some time ago rather hurriedly, leaving his rent unpaid. An agent of the solicitor called to inquire after the missing lodger, and was told that nothing was known of him, but on payment of the rent due he could have a box which had been left behind. Needless to say, the rent was paid and the box taken away in triumph. When opened it was found to contain a score or so of important letters.

WILDE AT MAGDALEN.

Oscar Wilde while at Oxford was the only Demy who was in the best Magdalen set, and who frequented the Junior Common-room, of which he was the life and soul, for he kept the table in a roar with his constant flow of Irish wit. He occupied charming rooms looking over the Cherwell and Magdalen Bridge, which were known as "Prince Rupert's Rooms." Dining at the Mitre Hotel, being driven by his friends on drags and tandems, a little languid boating on the upper river, a good deal of "loo" and "nap," were (the Morning says) the amusements of Mr. Wilde's undergraduate days. Though he had not been to an English public school, he more than held his own against the sixth form men from Eton and Harrow, for he took a first-class with the greatest ease in Moderations and "Greats," and was a brilliant classical scholar.

TAKING OFF THE NAME.

Mr. Sydney Grundy writes to the Telegraph:—"I wonder on what principle of law, or justice, or common sense, or good manners, or Christian charity, an author's name is blotted from his work. If a man is not to be credited with what he has done well, by what right is he punished for what he has done ill?

OSCAR WILDE'S INCOME.

A correspondent writes that from his plays and literary work Oscar Wilde was earning £10,000 a year.

LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS'S DEVOTION.

Questioned by a reporter as to what he was going to do now, Lord Alfred Douglas replied, "If Mr. Wilde should be locked up I shall get a house near the prison and live there till he comes out."

IN THE "BLACK MARIA."

After the hearing of the trial on Saturday, Wilde and Taylor were removed to the gaoler's quarters to await their conveyance to Holloway. The prisoners were kept strictly apart. Wilde could not restrain his penchant for talking, and referred to the harshness oi the magistrate in refusing to allow bail. Apparently he was not aware of the fact that the gravity of the charge precluded all possibility of temporary freedom. Every consideration was shown to Wilde, notwithstanding his peevishness. He meekly followed tha officer, pausing only for an instant at the steps of the van to have a deep-drawn sigh. A minute afterwards the door of the "Black Maria" had closed upon him, and in less than half-an-hour Wilde was within the gates of Holloway Gaol.

IN THE CELLS.

When Wilde arrived at Holloway Gaol he was conveyed to one of the better class cells, the occupation of which is provided for by the prison regulations on payment of about a shilling a day. It has been arranged that one of the prisoners at Holloway shall perform the menial duties which every prisoner is bound himself to perform unless prepared to pay for a substitute. His meals will be supplied by a local caterer, and he will be allowed to receive a daily visit from a friend. He will, however, be obliged to forego cigarette smoking, and to attend the parade of the prisoners at the gaol awaiting trial.

"Q."

The Marquess of Queensberry, before he brought the quarrel between himself and Oscar Wilde to a head, had for three months been quietly living at Kinmount House, his seat in Dumfriesshire. On leaving, he made a short sojourn at Carlisle, and then went up to London. Whatever new discoveries he made there, he appears not to have acted on the spur of the moment. In fact, he was in town for some three weeks before he took the final step. His son, Lord Alfred Douglas, is some 25 years old, not, as was stated the other day, 19 or 20.

UNDERGRADUATES TOGETHER.

Mr. Edward Carson and Mr. Oscar Wilde were undergraduates together in Trinity College, Dublin, upwards of 20 years ago, and were, indeed, members of the same class. Oscar Wilde was a scholar of Trinity, and one of the best classics of his year. Mr. Carson's Academic career was, comparatively speaking, undistinguished.

THE JURY'S INTENTION.

It is said that the jury at the Old Bailey were prepared to return a verdict acquitting Lord Queensberry soon as the case for the prosecution was closed. An intimation to this effect was, it is believed, conveyed to the judge, and may not improbably have reached Sir Edward Clarke's ears. Whether this had anything to do with the abrupt termination of the case we cannot say.

London, Saturday.—This morning Oscar Fingall O'Flaherty Wills Wilde, who was arrested last evening at the Cadogan Hotel, Sloane Street, on a charge of a very grave kind, was brought up before Sir John Bridge at Bow Street Police Court. For half an hour before the doors opened a large crowd had gathered in front of the court, but only those having professional duties to discharge, the witnesses, and a few friends of the accused were then admitted. These were at first allowed to take their seats in the large court, but after an interval of more than half an hour it was announced that the case would be taken in the Extradition Court, and a wild rush was made for places in that small and inconvenient room. A few of the public were subsequently admitted. The prisoner, who was brought into court at eleven o'clock, wore a black frock coat and dark trousers. He showed no great concern at any time during the proceedings.

The charge sheet was signed by Inspector Thos. Brockwell and Sub-Divisional Inspector Digby.

Mr. C. F. Gill (instructed by Mr. Angus Lewis, of the Treasury, prosecuted), and Mr. C. O. Humphreys, solicitor, defended.

Mr. Gill said he appeared in the case for the Public Prosecutor.

Mr. Humphreys said he appeared for the prisoner.

Mr. Gill said he was there to prosecute the prisoner on a series of charges of inciting to commit or of committing certain gross indecencies under the 11th section of the Criminal Law Amendment Act. No good purpose would be served by going into these matters in an opening speech. He would merely indicate generally the character of the evidence he proposed to produce before Sir John, and the nature of the charges, while the, question of what he would be ultimately committed upon would depend upon the nature of the evidence produced. The first charge related to the conduct of the prisoner with the young man Charles Parker in 1893. Wilde was then staying at the Savoy Hotel, where he lived from April 2 to .March 29, and at the same time there was living at a place in Little College Street, Westminster, in the upper part of a house a man named Alfred Taylor. He was a man closely connected with the prisoner Wilde, and the evidence would disclose that he was a person engaged in acting for Wilde. Prisoner would be charged with conspiring with that man. Prisoner was in the habit of visiting that man Taylor at Little College Street, and his Worship would have evidence as to what took place at that address, where the prisoner Wilde was in the habit of going. Parker was a servant out of place, having been a valet, and was in the company of his brother William when they met Taylor at the St. James's Restaurant. Taylor was a stranger to them : he stood them drink, and invited them to visit him at Little College Street. Having got them to that place, he made certain suggestions, and mentioned Oscar Wilde as a man to whom he would introduce them. They met Wilde at a dinner at Kettner's, when Wilde made a selection of Parker, and went with him to the Savoy Hotel. The learned counsel described what took place there, and on subsequent occasions at two other addresses with Wilde. He gave Parker money, and visited him where he lived in Canova Square, till a woman noticing the appearance of the man Wilde, which once seen was not likely to be again forgotten, caused such trouble that Parker had to leave. Parker was now living a respectable life, and came as a most unwilling witness, but he had to do so. The learned counsel added that there were a number of other cases which would be gone into. The prisoner had already had an opportunity of giving his version of the affair, and he could do so again if he chose. It was a most unpleasant case to go into, but one of enormous public importance. It was enormously important that it should be known to those young men the prisoner had come in contact with that there was only one end to such a life as that of the prisoner Wilde, and that was at the hands of justice. He then proceeded to call evidence.

The man Taylor, who was arrested1 this morning, was brought into the dock and charged in order that he might hear the evidence. He is a young man twenty-six or twenty-seven years of age, and very well dressed.

Evidence was then called, and The prisoners were remanded until Thursday next, bail being refused.

The Press Association states that when Mr. Oscar Wilde arrived at Holloway Jail on Saturday after the proceedings at Bow Street he was conveyed to one of the better-class cells, the occupation of which is provided for by prison regulations on payment of about a shilling a day. It has been arranged that one of the prisoners at present at Holloway shall perform the menial duties, which every prisoner is bonnd himself to perform, unless prepared to pay for a substitute. His meals will be supplied by a local caterer, and he will be allowed to receive a daily visit from a friend. He will, however, be obliged to forego cigarette smoking and to attend the parade of prisoners at the jail awaiting trial.

The Marquis of Queeosberry wishes to correct the statement that has been published with regard to his message to Oscar Wilde. It has been reported that as soon as the trial ended Lord Queensberry sent the following message to Mr. Wilde :—" If the country allows you to leave, all the better for the country ; but if you take my son with you I will follow you wherever you go and shoot you." This statement is not correct. The message was sent some days ago, and not after the trial ended. Lord Queensberry did not say he would shoot Mr. Wilde. What he said was that if he persuaded his misguided son to go with him, he would feel quite justified in following him (Wilde) and shooting him, did he feel inclined to do so, and were he worth the trouble.

A Reuter's New York telegram says :—The management of the Lyceum Theatre, where Oscar Wilde's play, "An Ideal Husband," is now running, have decided to remove the author's name from the bills and programmes. Miss Rose Coghlan, who has been playing "A Woman of No Importance" in the Western States, has resolved to omit the play from her repertoire.