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The Recorder, Sir Charles Hall, in charging the Grand Jury at the Old Bailey yesterday, at the opening of the April sessions, said there was a serious charge against two men, Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor. He did not think it was necessary to allude to the facts of the case. It was only necessary to say that after the Grand Jury had heard the evidence of witnesses called before the magistrate they would no doubt feel it their duty to return a true bill against each of the accused. The Recorder also directed a true bill to be returned against the man named Slater, charged with writing libellous postcards charging Baron de Worms, M.P., with being his father. The Recorder said Slater's statements were ridiculous, as at the time he was born Baron Henry de Worms was only four years old.

London, Monday.The Recorder, Sir Charles Hall, in charging the grand jury at the Old Bailey to-day at the opening of the April Sessions, said there was a serious charge against two men, Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor. He did not think it was necessary to allude to the facts of the case. It was only necessary to say that after the grand jury had heard the evidence of the witnesses called before the magistrate they would no doubt feel it their duty to return a true bill against each of the accused. The Recorder also directed a true bill to be returned against a man named Slater, charged with writing libellous post cards charging Baron de Worms, M P, with being his father. The Recorder said that Slater’s statements were ridiculous, as at the time he was born Baron Henry de Worms was only four years old.