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At the Court of Bankruptcy yesterday morning, the particulars were issued by the Official Receiver in the case of Oscar Wilde. The receiving order was made upon the petition of the Marquess of Queensberry, and the debtor attributes his insolvency to the failure of legal proceedings taken by him against the petitioning creditor and to his arrest and conviction in the recent trial. He has stated to the Official Receiver that he is a dramatist, and that his income, which he estimates at £2,000 a year, had been chiefly, if not entirely, derived from royalties received on plays and literary work. The accounts which have been filed show unsecured debts £2,676, and debts partly secured £915, the creditors holding a policy on the debtor's life and charges on the dramatic rights in certain plays, the value of such securities being unknown. A deficiency of £3,591 is disclosed. From the figures furnished in the deficiency account it appears that the debtor has been insolvent for at least two years and that his expenditure has been considerably in excess of his income. Of the unsecured indebtedness expected to rank, sums amounting to £2,514 appear to be for money lent, £677 for law costs, and £233 for tobacco, wine, jewellery, flowers, etc. The household furniture and effects of the debtor appear to have been sold by the sheriff during April last.

Particulars have been issued by the official receiver in the case of Oscar Wilde, late of Tite-st., Chelsea, and now of Her Majesty's prison, Wandsworth. The receiving order was made upon the petition of the Marquess of Queensbury, and the debtor attributes his insolvency in the failure of legal proceedings taken by him against the petitioning creditor and to his conviction in the recent trial of Regina vs. Wilde. He has stated to the official receiver that he is a dramatist, and that his income which he estimates at £2,000 a year, has been chiefly, if not entirely, derived from royalties received on plays and literary work. The accounts which have been filed show unsecured debts £2,676 and debts partly secured £915, the creditors holding a policy on the debtor's life and charges on the dramatic rights in certain plays, the value of such securities being unknown. A deficiency of £3,591 is disclosed. It appears that the debtor has been insolvent for at least two years, and that his expenditure has been considerably in excess of his income. Of the unsecured indebtedness expected to rank sums amounting to £2,514 appear to be for money lent, £677 for lawcosts and £234 for tobacco, wine, jewelry, flowers, etc. The household furniture and effects of the debtor appear to have been sold by the sheriff during April.