Reports ongoing negotiations in formation of a new ministry following the "assassination" [of Spencer Perceval (1762-1812), Prime Minister from 1809 to 11 May 1812, on which day he was shot and killed by John Bellingham]. [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert brought [Thomas] Nuttall [(1786-1859) explorer of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, USA] to the club, he has returned with much botanical and entomological information. A riddle in reference to Revd John Rudd.