The Arkansas banner., 1847-09-27
Mr. BansroIl al lhs R0yaI lgrirnltpraI SotlrtY.

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 The annual meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of England held on the 24ih uitimo, at Northampton. The annual dinner, at which the Earl of Egmont presided, vas attended by 1900 persons
 The Earl of Chichester, in proposing the heath of the foreign ministers, the only one of whom present was MR. BANCROFT, the minister of the II. States said be need not remind the agricniiurists of this country of the advantages of maintaining cot- staht intercourse with the agrcaltnrists of other couHtTies. The value of such intercourse was shown by the many Improvements which had been introduced fiom other countries of late years. l. was most gratifying in drinking the toast associated with the health of the American minister that he cosld recognise display of those laws oi humani- ty and good feeling in which stood us in stead in our late difficulties, and for winch he hoped every Ehglishman would be grateful. (Hcar, hear.) It would always be the object of the society to com municatc 10 foreigners who would come among them such information as they had, well to ceive information from them. The toast was drank with much applause.
 Mir. Bancroft, the American minister. rose amidst much applause. He said that he could hard
 y find words to express his gratitude for the kind manner in which has country had been alluded to-. Although the minister of foreign country, he was not altogether stranger in that meeting for natr had established bonds of union between the farm CTS of every nation on the face of the earth. The same sun shown upon them all; the same seasons as they returned furnished the seed-time and ripened the harvest. The celestial influences to which he must look for blessing on his exertions. might we'll blend in the breast of the husbandman with that split of brotherhood which had made the tilIers of the subsequently, those of Anglo Saxon origin the guardians of freedom and conseryators of peace Whenever the councils of tine cultivators of the soil prevailed, there it certain that nations would dwell in peace. Nor was that the only point Oh which foreign nations found themselves interested aua .TN k.snl L. l.. eyes, he beheld evidence of the spirit of enterprise and improvement which distinguished the people of this country. They rihcd every cline of fruit and flowers 10 enhance the value ot heir own. Every where you had evidence of the combinations ol in- terest which connected together the nations of he earth. Since he had been in England, he had seen American plants 10 which English skill and culture had been applied, aud they had attained degree of beauty and perfection which they never possessed in their native soil. (Cheers.)
 IL afforded him the highest qualification to witness the beauty of the horses and stock exhibited that day. Agriculture in his country differed very much from that O. England. In England the farmer went through a course of work which had been continued from century to century, and had only 10 perfect what their ioreiatheTs had banded down to them the Americans, on the other hand. had to grappe with the difficulties Of nature-to tame, suhdue and render useful the natural exuberance of their ex- haustless soil Nothing had struck him more since
 
 the fields were cultivated and weeded by the hoe and the hand. In America the trees older than the roads-older than the toWDs-and, where spared, where the oldest monuments existing in the country. In England not an animal was suffered 10 live unless fl could produce is passport and prove it's right to be fattened and fed. (CheeTs and laugh ter.) The farm rs of England cultivated the soil beneath those beloved churches (cheers) which stood amidst the graves of their fathers, that seemed to shed s5ered influence their toil. (Cheers.t } With the Americans beneath whose blows the fo- rests iell-with that moving and active population those who now live upon the soil were more numer- ous than all who slept beneath it. There the agri- culturisis, with the instruments of husbandry in their hands, were obliged to cree; school houses and churches, and prepare for the competition with the mother country in all that was calculated to promote the prosperity of mankind by the advancement of religion. and the cultivation of science and art (Hear, hear.) In the name of every American he responded 10 the wish that peace might forever pre- vail between the two conntIies. (Cheers) Let il be hoped that the relations of commerce. and the in- terchange of intelligence between the cultiyators of the soil in the two counties would knit them to- getler ld such bonds oi amity that no apprehension Of rupture need be entertained. With these sen timents, uttered from his heart and soul he respnn ded to sympathy shown for his country, and would oorclnd by praying for the prosperity oI the far meis of England, tI.ond cheering.)
 Distressing Affair
 Yesterday morning. scene of intense excitement took place Tn Fayelte street. few doors abo.e North street, being theseqnel. hitharto. of truly distressing affair. The principal party to the trans action is Mr.---Potts, late of the fifm of Pomeroy k Potts, wine and spirit merchants, of Hanover street. who some time since boarded, with his iami- ly, at the Exchange Hotel, kept by Mr. D. Dorsey Al thls time, lh consequence ot sFne temporary pecunlary disabilities Mir Potts suffered impIison ment, and while in jail was led to believe that his happiness had been forever blasted the person of one, peculiarly he guardian of bis honor. V Il pun his release and return to the hotel, he became tisfed in his mind that such the fact, and a separation ensued, his wtic, who is remarkably fine woman. and the mother of four children, turning to Der friends in Wheeling Va, with two ol the children We believe, and the other two being sent to the parents of Mir. Potts, resident in Phiia delphia.
 The anguish Of mind under which The unloltu- nate husband labored. produced sach depression of spirits that soon afterwards he made attempt upon hls own lie; unsuccessful In this, and TS.ov- ering from his wound, his resentment became diree- ted in another channel, and soon aiter meeting Mi. Dorsey of inc Exchange he states that be warned him that one ss the other would have to die the neXt lime they met Yesterday that meeting took place, Mir. Dorsey being on his way to the post-oiiice when Mir. Potts came up to him. and told him to say his prayers upon the pavementii he had any 10 say for he had but thiee minutes to live. Mir. Dorsey attempted 10 retreat, when Mir Potts drew six barrelled revolver, and holding it with direct aim almost close to Mr. Dorsey's body, pulled rapidly every barrel, but without single explosion, il be- ing afterwards aseertaiBed that not one oitem was clPPed. How this omission occurred is unknown, Nil. Potts declaring that they must have been re- moved by some one without his observation prior to lis leaving the house, As soon as the brrrels had been pulled round Mr Dorsey seized his assailant and struggle ensaed, in which the pistol was thrown into the street Mir Potts succeeded in get. ftti, I.~f ~gi-t twisting il in his fingers, had nearly strangicd him. when the bys'anders interfeired and separated the parties, In short time afterwards Mir, Dorsey went to the judges chamber of the city court and procur ed bench warrant, against mt Potts for tie as sault who was in . few mipaes afterwards arrested thereupou by Mir. lfobson, we understand deputy sheriff, and conducted to iai Ofeourse in such a statement the above give only Inc superficial facts relating to the occurrence We can neither voueh for ROT alege the grounds of suspicion upon which Mir. Potts has acied The affair is Bos melancholy one throughout. the family being utter ly broken up and involved in despair, and The