Anti-Catholicism in the United Kingdom nor was a Protestant heir any longer empowered to enter and enjoy the estate of his Catholic kinsman. However, the passing of this act was the occasion of the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots (1780) in which the violence of the mob was especially directed against Lord Mansfield who had balked at various prosecutions under the statutes now repealed. The anti-clerical excesses of the French Revolution and the consequent emigration to England of Catholic priests from France led to a softening of opinion towards Catholics on the part of the English Anglican establishment, resulting in the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1791 which
Pandour (1780) Pandour (1780) Pandour was a French a 14-gun gun-brig launched in 1780 as a cutter, which the Royal Navy captured in December 1795. The Navy took her into service as "Pandora" (or "Pandour"), but she foundered in June 1797. "Pandour" was built as a cutter by Jacques and Daniel Denys at Dunkirk in 1780 and launched on 16 June. In 1782 she was re-rigged as a brig at Brest. In 1792 she was under the command of Lieutenant Bertrand de Keranguen. His successor in 1793 as commander was "enseigne de veaisseau non-entretenu" Hardouin, later "lieutenant de vaisseaux". "Pandour" was based