§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask Mr. Attorney General whether he will grant the Return relating to the Welsbach Incandescent Gas Light Company (writs issued), notice for which stands on today's Paper†
† The following is the Return referred to:—"Welsbach Incandescent Gas Light Company (Writs Issued).—Return showing (1) the number of writs issued by the Courts (a) at the instance of the Incandescent Gas Light Company, Limited (now the Welsbach Incandescent Gas Light Company, Limited) against persons alleged to have infringed Welsbach British patents since 1890; and (b) at the instance of the Welsbach Incandescent Gas Light Company, Limited, against persons
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (Sir ROBERT FINLAY,) Inverness BurghsNo, Sir. I have made inquiry, and am informed that it would require the work of three or four men for a week, and considerable expense, to procure the information asked for, so far as it is possible to obtain it at all. As the matter relates to private litigation, I do not think that the Return asked for should be granted under these circumstances.