3. c. 8) was approved by the British Parliament in December 1795;[1] it had as its purpose was to restrict the size of public meetings to fifty persons.

However, provided that Jacobin alehouse clubs were restricted to fifty persons and avoided corresponding, they were able to dodge the Seditious Meetings Act.

Also, actions against individuals for seditious, treasonous or blasphemous words was hindered as spies and shorthand writers could not easily transcribe undiscovered in such an environment.

The period between 1790 and 1800 was one of intense lectures and public speeches in defence of political reformation, which, for the similarities with the French Revolution principles, were usually named "Jacobinic meetings".

His meetings used to reach a large number of people and, after the approval of the acts, were disturbed by many legalists who wished to see the law being respected.