- APPENDIX TO CHRONICLE. 
Extract of a Dispatch from Lord 
Burghersh to Viscount Castle- 
reagh, dated 
Teano, May 21, 1815. 
I have the honour of congra- 
tulating your Lordship on the 
termination of the war with the 
Government of Naples, closed by 
the Military Convention I here- 
with transmit, by which the king- 
dom, its fortresses, arsenals, mi- 
litary force, and resources, are, 
almost without exception, sur- 
rendered to the allies, to be re- 
turned to the lawful Sovereign 
of the country, Ferdinand IV. 
After the successes obtained by 
General Nugent, and stated in my 
last dispatch, General Bianchi re- 
ceived, on the 18th, a message 
from the Duke de Gallo, request- 
ing an interview, to communicate 
to him propositions he was charg- 
ed with from Marshal Murat. 
A meeting for the next day was 
appointed: on the part of Eng- 
land, General Bianchi requested 
me to attend it, and in the ab- 
sence of the British Commanders 
in Chief, both by sea and land, I 
consented. 
I met therefore the Duke de 
Gallo with General Bianchi, on 
the morning of the 19th. 
The conversation which ensued 
with that Minister led tono other 
result than in having given the 
allies an opportunity of stating to 
him the grounds on which alone 
they would engage to arrest their 
military movements. 
_ Having stated that he had no 
authority to treat on any basis of 
the nature so announced to him, 
the Duke de Gallo returned to 
Naples, having received, however, 
an assurance, that any proposi- 
tions Gen, Carascosa might wish 
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to make, should, in the course of 
the following day, be received. 
The meeting with General Ca- 
rascosa took place this morning. 
General Niepperg, on the part of 
Austria, General Colletta, on that 
of Naples, and myself, in the ab- 
sence of the British Commanders 
in Chief, negociated the Military 
Convention. 
On the part of Naples, propo- 
sitions were at first made totally 
inadmissable; on our part the 
abdication of Marshal Murat was 
insisted upon. General Colletta 
wished te secure for that person 
a.safe retreat to France; but 
finding that such was totally im- 
possible, and having declared that 
he had no authority from Marshal 
Murat to treat with regard to 
him, the Convention, such as your 
Lordship will receive it, was 
agreed to. 
It is impossible to conclude 
this dispatch without calling your 
Lordship’s attention to the man- 
ner in which the campaign, now 
terminated, has been carried on 
by General Bianchi. The activity 
with which he has pushed his ope- 
rations is almost without exam- 
ple. The constant successes which 
have attended hisarms, are crown- 
ed in the satisfaction of his being 
able to re-establish the authority 
of the legitimate Sovereign, with- 
out those misfortunes to the coun- 
try attendant on protracted mili- 
tary operations. . 
. With regard to Marshal Murat, 
he is-stated to be in Naples; Gee 
neral Bianchi has declared that 
lhe must consent to go to the Aus- 
trian Hereditary States, where his 
future situation will be fixed ; no 
answer whatever has been receiv- 
ed from him. 
