French surgeon in exile

I am excluded from the benefit of the general law, which prohibits the importation of foreigners from being landed in Great Britain, unless they are possessed of a certain sum of money. I am therefore debarred from the advantages which other men are permitted to enjoy, and am consequently shut out from the benefits of a residence in my native country. I am, therefore, an exile from England. I was born in France, and am by profession a surgeon. I was educated at Paris, where I was for some years excluded from the practice of my profession, in consequence of having been engaged in a duel; but I was at length permitted to practise, and have ever since been employed in the hospitals of that city. I have now come to England in the hope of being able to support myself by the exercise of