If Mr Speaker or the Chairman ehall be of opinion that a motion for the adjourn ment of a debate, or of the House during any J debate, or that the Chairman do repsrt progress or do leave the chair, is an abuse of the rules of the House, he may forthwith put the question thereupon from the chair. IRRELEVANCE OR REPETITION. Mr Speaker or the. Chairman of Com mittees may call the attention of the House, or of the Committee, to continued irrelevance or tedious repetition on the part of a mem ber, and may direct the member to discon tinue his speech. CLOSURE OF DEBATE. After a question has been proposed, a member rising in his place may claim to move, "That the question be now put;" and unlesß it shall appear to the Chair that each motion is an abuse of the rules of the House, or an infringement of the rights of the minority, the question, «• That the question be now put," shall be put forthwith and decided without amendment or debate. When the motion, " That the question be now put," has been carried, and the question consequent thereon has been decided, any further motion may be made (the assent of the Chair as aforesaid not having been with held) which may be requisite to bring to a decision any question already proposed from the ohair ; and also, if a clause be then under consideration, a motion may be made (the aßSent of the Chair as aforesaid not having been withheld.) That the question, That Certain words of tha olause defined in the motion stand part of the clause, or that the clause stand part of or be added to the Bill, be now put. Such motions shall be put forthwith and decided without amendment or debate. , Provided always that questions for the closure of debate shall not be decided in the affirmative, if a division be taken, unless it ehall appear by tbe numbers declared from the chair that such motion was supported by more than members, or was opposed by less than members and supported by more than members : Provided always that this rule shall be put in foroe only whenMr Speaker or the Chair man of Committees is in the Chair. LOCAL BILLS. 