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,
HMS Belliqueux (1780) "Belliqueux" on 8 April 1807, while "Belliqueux" was in the Bay of Bengal. "Belliqueux" was employed as a prison ship from 1814, and was broken up in 1816. Citations References HMS Belliqueux (1780) HMS "Belliqueux" (Eng. "warlike") was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 5 June 1780 at Blackwall Yard, London. She was named after the French ship captured in 1758. In 1781 "Belliqueux" took part at the Battle of Fort Royal, and in 1782 she was at the Battle of the Saintes. In 1796 she came under the command of Captain