At the Ashburn Hall inqniry yesterday after noon, after Mr Sim had opened the case for the proprietors or the asylum. Mr Stilling addressed His Honor at length on behalf of Lr Biown. He submitted that the evidence that had been called by the Macalister family in respect of the allegations affecting Dr Brown was not what might have been reasonably expected. The allegations were *' that after the deceased had inflicted upon himself the ot which he ultimately died no sufficient means were taken to esve his sufferings therefrom or to prevent his death,'' and "that the medical treatment hastened the death of the deceased." After referring to the delay in serving his client with the allegations that were to be preferred against him, counsel submitted that to bring Dr Brown into the inquiry by formally serving him with a prescribed notice emanating from Mr Solomon's office, and then to turn round and dismiss Dr Brown and to say that the family made no complaints agaicst Dr Brown w.w a proceeding that —to say the least was very remarkable. Counsel, however, thought that by the time the evidence of Dr Brown and the evidence which would be led from other sources on his behalf was heard, His Honor would have no difficulty in forming a. conclusion that Dr Brown had been brought there on a very grave charge of neglect, while, as a matter of fact, from first to last of that vtry painful matter he did all that a skilful surgeon could reasonably be expected to do. If the allegations could be said to apply to him in any way a grave charge was made against him. That chante he was naturally extremely anxious to meet as fully as possible. Dr Brown's con nection with the matter started, of course, with the telephonic communication from Dr Mao donald on the morning of the suicide. By the way, he might say that his client had been called in on several previous occasions when surgical operations had been made at the asylum. On the morning in question the doctor, who was on the hospital staff, was there as usual. He was in the operating theatre before ten o'clock, when he received an urgent telephone message to attend the asylum, as a patient had attempted to commit suicide. 