On the night of the 16th instant, the Theatre at
Sinigaglia, in the Roman States, was entirely consumed by fire. The ballet of The Battle of Navarino had been performed, and it was supposed thut some sparks of fire at the last scene had communicated to the scenery, and had smouldered unperceived until everybody bad gone to rest.
The Nouvelliste announces that the wife of a weaver, named Ferte, residing in the village of Santeny, near Boissy St. Leger, in the de- partment of the Seine-et- Oise, has been selected as nurse for the future offspring of the Dutchess of Orleans. She had proceeded some days previously to the Tuileries, where shelled been visited by Dr. Moreau, who analyzed and weighed her milk. She was afterwards presented to the Duke and Dutchess ; but as nothing was immediately decided, she was presented with fifty francs, and returned to her village. On Monday evening, an Aide-de-Camp proceeded to Santeny in one of the Duke's carriages, and announced to Madame Forte that she had been appointed nurse to the Royal infant. She was-then immediately conveyed to Paris, and has since been installed at the Tuileries.
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