He received us with great cordiality, and manifested a clear knowledge and deep interest in regard to all American affairs.
Free trade and woman suffrage formed the basis of our conversation; the literature of our respective countries and our great men and women were the lighter topics of the occasion.

He was not sound in regard to the political rights of women, but it is not given to any one man to be equally clear on all questions.

He voted for John Stuart Mill's amendment to the Household Suffrage Bill in 1867, but he said, "that was a personal favor to a friend, without any strong convictions as to the merits of what I considered a purely sentimental measure." We attended the meeting called to rejoice over the passage of the Married Women's Property Bill, which gave to the women of England, in 1882, what we had enjoyed in many States in this country since 1848.
Mrs.Jacob Bright, Mrs.Scatcherd, Mrs.Elmy, and several members of Parliament made short speeches of congratulation to those who had been instrumental in carrying the measure.

It was generally conceded that to the tact and persistence of Mrs.Jacob Bright, more than to any other person, belonged the credit of that achievement.

Jacob Bright was at the time a member of Parliament, and fully in sympathy with the bill; and, while Mrs.Bright exerted all her social influence to make it popular with the members, her husband, thoroughly versed in Parliamentary tactics, availed himself of every technicality to push the bill through the House of Commons.