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MEXICO. 



the Mexican Empire, (on taking the oath pre- 

 scribed in the 10th Article of the Plan,) and on 

 his refusal and denial, his brother, the most se- 

 rene infante Don Carlos ; on his refusal and de- 

 nial, the most serene infante Don Francisco de 

 Paula ; on his refusal and denial, the most serene 

 Don Carlos Luis, infante of Spain, formerly heir 

 of Tuscany, now of Lucca ; and upon his renun- 

 ciation and denial, the person whom the cortes of 

 the empire shall designate. 



" 4th, The emperor shall fix his court in Mex- 

 ico, which shall be the capital of the empire. 



5th, Two commissioners shall be named by 

 his Excellency Senor O'Donaju, and these shall 

 proceed to the court of Spain, and place in the 

 hands of his Majesty King Ferdinand VII., a co- 

 py of this treaty, and a memorial which shall ac- 

 company it, for the purpose of affording informa- 

 tion to his Majesty with respect to antecedent cir- 

 cumstances, whilst the cortes of the empire offer 

 him the crown with all the formalities and gua- 

 rantees which a matter of so much importance re- 

 quires ; and they supplicate his Majesty, tliat on 

 the occurrence of the case provided for in Article 



