Letter from Colonel Trevor (Lord Dynevor) to William Chambers, 3 July 1843 [page 1 of 2]

Description

Description by George Eyre Evans:
"On the date of this letter, Frances Evans, the girl who led the Rebeccaites through the Carmarthen Workhouse on Monday, 19th June, was apprehended at Kilgwyn uchaf [Cilgwyn uchaf] near Llan-newydd. She was brought up at 12 o'clock, and bail was taken for her appearance at the Assizes to answer any bill of indictment which might be preferred against her. A reward of £300 was issued, signed by Colonel Trevor, for the apprehension and conviction of the chief ring-leader of the riot at Talog, with his four accomplices, on 12 June, the reward to be paid by Her Majesty's Government."
Transcription:
"Carmarthen, 3 July, 1843. To W. Chambers, Esq., Llanelly House.
Sir,
In the present disturbed state of this county, I think it requisite that the Petty Session over which you preside shall be assembled as frequently as possible, and that although the disturbances should not have reached your neighbourhood, that Special Constables for the preservation of the peace should be forthwith sworn in.
I have also to request that yourself and those Gentlemen who act with you, would use every effort in your power to maintain order by going frequently amongst your neighbours, or by calling them together at convenient places and explaining to them the necessity of obedience to the Laws, and of avoiding all connection with those who disturb the peace of the county.
Copies of an address which I have issued to the county shall, as soon as possible be forwarded to you for distribution, and which I have to request you to circulate as widely as possible.
I wish also that in those parts which have been or are still disturbed, and more particularly where Troops, are placed a copy of this letter may be sent to all such Magistrates as are from home, with my earnest request, which I hearby convey to them, to return to their respective districts with as little delay as possible unless they are unavoidably prevented.
I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, Geo. Rice Trevor, Vice Lt., Coy. of Carmarthen."
[Source: George Eyre Evans, 'Rebecca Riots: Unpublished letters, 1843-44', The Transactions of the Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society and Field Club, vol. XXIII, pp. 60-1]