8 MARCH 1834, Page 2

The petition of the vine-growers in the South of France

has created a great sensation in the capital. It seems to be generally looked upon as a very serious demonstration of the state of public feeling in that quarter; and is said to have battled the Ministry exceedingly. M. THIERS is especially annoyed by it. He will scarcely venture to proceed with his miserable tariff, in the face of such a warning as this petition has given him. Yet the Chambers are said to be hostile to a more liberal measure. But then, the Chambers notoriously do not represent the French nation : the majority in both are the hired servants of the Government, in every thing where their own personal interest does not operate with still greater force.

M. CABET, a member of the Chamber of Deputies, has been found guilty of libelling the King in his journal, the Populaire, and sentenced to two years' confinement, two years further deprivation of civil rights, and a fine of two thousand francs. This sentence is considered outrageously severe, and it is said stands some chance of mitigation by the Court of Appeal.