Catholic emancipation Reaction against this led to riots in Scotland in 1779 and then the Gordon Riots in London on June 2, 1780. Further relief was given by an Act of 1782 allowing the establishment of Roman Catholic schools and bishops. The British Roman Catholic Relief Act 1791 was adopted by the Irish Parliament in 1792–93. Since the electoral franchise at the time was largely determined by property, this relief gave the votes to Roman Catholics holding land with a rental value of £2 a year. They also started to gain access to many middle-class professions from which they had been excluded,
Kingston (1780 ship) changed to James Young. The "Register of Shipping" for 1818 showed "Kingston"s master changing from J. Topplen to Young, and her trade from London−Southern Fishery to London−Quebec. "Kingston" was last listed in 1819. "Lloyd's Register" and the "Register of Shipping" both showed her master as J.Young, her owner as Gibbon, and her trade as London–Quebec. Notes Citations References [[Category:1780 ships]] [[Category:Age of Sail merchant ships of England]] [[Category:Whaling ships]] Kingston (1780 ship) Kingston was launched at Bristol in 1780 as a West Indiaman. From 1798 she made ten voyages as a whaler. She then briefly sailed between England and Quebec,