The Sovereign Constituent Congress of Mexico at the Sitting of yesterday decreed the
following:
1st. That the coronation of Don Agustin de Iturbide having been the work of force and
violence, and legally null, no discussion can take place upon his abdication of the crown.
2d. Consequently it declares also the hereditary succession and the titles emanating from
the crown to be null; and that all acts of the government from the 19th May to the 29th
March last are illegal, and subject to the revision of the present government, which may
confirm or revoke them.
3d. The supreme executive power of Mexico will hasten the departure of Don Agustin de
Iturbide from the territory of the nation.
4th. The embarkation shall take place from a port in the Gulf of Mexico, by a neutral
vessel, to conduct him and his family at the expense of the state whithersoever he may
wish.
5th. During the life of Don Agustin de Iturbide, he shall receive a pension of 25,000
dollars, (about 5,000 l.) annually, payable in this capital, on condition that he
establish his residence in some part of Italy. After his death his family will enjoy the
sum of 8,000 dollars annually, according to the established regulations in such cases for
military pensions.
6th. Don Agustin de Iturbide shall receive the title of Excellency. The supreme executive
power is to take due notice hereof, and is charged with the fulfilment of this decree, and
to cause the same to be printed, published, and made known.
LICIENCIADO JOSE MARIANO MARIN, President.
FLORENTINO MARTINEZ, Deputy
GABRIEL DF TORRES, Deputy,
Mexico, 8th April, 1823, the third year of lndependence, and the second of Liberty.
To Don Jose Ygnacio Garcia Yllueca.