The members of the Town Council of Sheffield seem inclined
to behave very well about Sheffield babies. They have appointed ft committee to verify the shocking statements contained in the report of the Factory Commissioners, and are almost unanimous in their approval of an Act prohibiting the employment of young children in their trade. One member stated that in the crinoline trade children of both sexes were worked night after night, dining at midnight, and were than turned into the streets—a statement received with cries of "Shame." Another said it was a disgrace to any master to employ children under nine years old, and only one even extenuated the over-work. This was Mr. Ironside, chairman, if we are not mistaken, of that Foreign Affairs Committee which every now and then lectures the Foreign Office with such unction. The report of the committee will probably supplement that of the Commission, and we do hope when the question comes on the Home Secretary will at least consider the possibility of prohibiting all paid labour by children nailer ten.
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