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London, April 6– Oscar Wilde, who passed last night in the Bow street police station after his arrest by officers of the treasury department, was arraigned in the Bow street court this morning. The courtroom was crowded when Sir John Bridge, the presiding judge, appeared. Lawyer C. F. Fill, the Marquis of Queensberry’s junior counsel, acted as prosecutor for the treasury department. When the magistrate took his seat the doors leading to the cells were opened and Wilde was seen approaching with a stately step and carrying a silk hat in his hand. When he reached the center of the prisoners’ dock he calmly deposited his hat on the seat, bowed to Sir John Bridge, folded his arms and leaned on the rail of the dock in the same insolent manner which he displayed while on the witness stand on the Old Bailey.

Mr. Gill called as witness to sustain the charge made against Wilde, a young man named Parker, formally a valet. During Parker’s testimony Wilde moved restlessly in the dock and passed his hand across his face. The man Taylor, whose name has figured prominently is the case, was arrested and taken into court during Parker’s direct examination. At its conclusion Wilde’s counsel asked leave to postpone cross examination as the evidence had taken them by surprise.

After several other witnesses had been ex-amined Sir John Bridge remanded Wilde until Thursday next. Counsel asked that his client Wilde be released on bail but the magistrate declined to do so. Counsel persisted, saying that he could offer substantial bail, but Sir John Bridge replied:

"It is not a case for bail at all."