The inquest on the body of Mr. Waugh, who was
shot on Wednesday in Bedford Row, was opened yesterday ; when the usual scene between Mr. Coroner Wakley and the Police ensued. Westron is deformed : Mr. Wakley put the question—" Is the man with the hump on his back here ? " the reply was in the negative ; and, in order that the inquiry should not be a mockery," it was immediately adjourned. Mr. Mitchell, however, Mr. Waugh's partner, put in a declaration of the actual relations between the murderer and his victim. It was to this effect—that Mr. Waugh had by his exertions gained an estate worth several thousands for the Westron family ; that the prisoner had frustrated all attempts to sell the property ; that at length he had consented to sell his share, last Monday, but again broke off ; that Mr. Waugh had, although provoked, been uniformly kind to Westron. "I am induced to make this statement," Mr. Mitchell added, " out of respect to the memory of my departed friend, which may be injured by the statements of the prisoner. I may say, in conclusion, that I know him to have been a good husband, a kind and indulgent father, and a generous and warmhmrted friend."
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