London, Tuesday. At the London Bankruptcy Court to-day, Mr Grain applied for an adjournment in the case of Oscar Wilde. The debtor said Counsel had filed the statement which disclosed the total indebtedness of £3,591 with substantially no assets. Several of Wilde's friends, however, had subscribed about £1,000, and as others had also promised sums, sufficient would be forthcoming to pay all outsiders 20s in the £, with the exception of the largest creditor, a friend of the debtor. The examination was adjourned until November 12th.
At London Bankruptcy court yesterday Mr. Grain applied for an adjournment in the case of Oscar Wilde. The debtor, said counsel, had filed a statement which disclosed the total indebtedness as £8,581, with substantially no assets. Several of Wilde’s friends, however, had subscribed about £1,000, and, as others had also promised sums, sufficient would be forthcoming to pay all outsiders 20s in the pound, with the exception of the largest creditor, a friend of the debtor. The examination was adjourned to November 12th.