Printed letter from [Lord] J[ohn] Russell, Secretary of State for the Home Department, from Whitehall, to C. Hanbury Leigh, esq., Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire, respecting arming and training. There has been recently, he says, a considerable sale of arms in the country, 'not in the way of trade, but with some mischievous intent'. Both those who sell and those who procure arms are equally liable to prosecution. Furthermore, any persons secretly practising training or drilling to the use of arms are guilty of an offence under the provisions of the Training Act (60 Geo. III, c. 1), and are liable to be transported and imprisoned. Would welcome information as to the state of the county of Monmouth. A similar letter was sent to the Lords Lieutenant of Staffordshire, Cumberland and Westmorland, Wiltshire, Northumberland, Somerset, and Lancashire.