WEST INDIES.
(from the Jamaica Despatch of Sept. 6th.)
STATE OF ST. THOMAS IN THE EAST
When we perused the following article in the Chronicle of yesterday our first impression was that our Contemporary had been misinformed, but we have since made inquiries on the subject which we are sorry to say, not only confirm the report, but enable us to state that it was far short of the reality. That Lieutenant Everard stood high in the opinion of every individual in the parish in which his services had been for a time so efficient is admitted on all hands, and, being placed as it were between two fires, he wished to do his duty faithfully towards all parties, and this anxiety was construed by one class into a desire to oppress them. This lamented officer was called for the last time to quell a disturbance on the Petersfield estate, to which he was accompanied by a party of the armed police. On reaching the property he went to the field to expostulate with the refractory negroes; but on making his appearance he was hooted, hissed, and pelted with stones the moment he came within reach. In such a situation most men would have availed themselves of the force placed at their disposal, but he refrained from giving the necessary orders, and retired broken-hearted; and his first act on reaching his home was to give in his resignation as County Inspector and Special Magistrate. He retired to his couch, on which he expired after a short illness. That Mr Everard was a brave man the annals of the Navy will show; but he was placed in a situation of great delicacy, and, finding himself in one of difficulty, and so foreigner to his former habits, he became disgusted with his office, and abandoned it with the determination of returning to his native land; but his mental and bodily exertions were too much for him, and he became one more victim to Whig misgovernment.