THE PANMURE HALL.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIX, Issue 4847, 10 March 1873, Page 3

THE PANMURE HALL.

To the Editor: Sir,— By the <Ji:o^S of tho 4th instant [ porceivo that " A Subsciibcr, 1 ' referrod to by mo in my note of tho 27th ultimo, is again m print, about tho L'aiuiuiro Hill; but with a vaned si^naUuc. Ho lias nioensod his mijiuncs, although ho says that ho " is tolciably conversint mth tbo all.nr ;" and ho furthcrinoro states that tho anvioty folt by himself with roganl to tho ILill is aimed in by a laigo number of tho aubsciibern. Now, sir, this looks al.irmm«. Nevertheless, tho Hoard of lOdiioation and tho I'.iniinuo School G'ommittoo, in which thcro aro membcis who aro subscribers to tho J-f all, ha\c thought fit to accept fioiu mo, and that with tluinka, tho uao of tbo Hall fur .school purposos, and havo granted monoy to procure roquiiemenfcs. In tho character of these mon L fcol confident that integiity of pnnciple, and zoal in aduntiHtenng justice and tho giving of fair play, as 1>i iLjlt tly ahino as thoy ovor sUono in that of "A Subscriber" — it matters not who ho 1)0 ; cvon though so modest as to decline to wnto to tbo public in Ins proper name. And theso mon aie all so woll aatialicd with tho shito in which they find the aflaira of tho Jl.dl, that thoy can easily and ohcoi fully woik with Kather Fyncs, without submitting to him, as <loca "A Subscriber," questions insinuating dishonesty, and usiiiK w<uds bailing insult. Again, I mny say \ am almost daily in the midst of those who chiefly aided me in the otccliou of tho [[all, namely, my (lock, and I hear no complaint, but coutra.iiwisc—commendation. Whuica", if a largor number, as "Subscriber" otates, wcro diaHatiahod, it is reasonablo to Biippoao that some ieportiii'4 whisper or another would havo ic.achcd mo boforo thid. I am therefore iuclmod to boliovo that it ia not tho proenring of information, for his own guidance or for any benefit to tho subsoiibcr'* in general, that has, all at onco, fired " A Subscriber," with real, in looking after matters connectod with tho l'aiimuio IT.ilI ; but that he is t>u (Turing from some ailment, which, hko lna name, ho ha3 not na yet thouglit fit to make known to the public, but for which ailment ho expects to fiud loliuf in tho disingenuous and unhappy com so which ho has adopted. I say unhappy, for " A Subscriber" in hia note of tho 4th instant, uigncil himself "A Friend to Education," and was, at tho hamo time, labouring to rotard tho present education movement in tbo Pan in mo dutriet by this un-called-for conespondenco ; inasmuch as both tho Education Boaul and tho School Committeo woio endeavouring to obtain tho use of the Hall for school purposes, in which they have succeeded. Well may they any, wiUi n yard to "A Subscriber," "Save \\h from our friends." Let mo now, infoim "A Subscriber" that at present I aliall .uiawci him no ijucHtions (hiou^h tho public Picas. Ilo has insinuated publicly, by hi.s wilting, charyoH agninst mo which no (Jhtistiau nor man of probity would, withont tbo Muicst foun lation, daio to do against hia fellow man. If ho havo tho principle of a gcntle/n in, let him mnko hinuelf known, ljut him convene, at a Hved limo and place, a uieL>tin!» of the subscribors (Hhould ho not know them I can furnish him with a li it) Lut a fair licai ing ho given, and it shall then bo known who and how many form thr I,arpfi>i number of malcontents, and how much Kat her Kyiioa may havo flinnod in m hi-t chaitjo over tho L'uuinuro Hall. For th" iiifoiiiiitiiin of thoao who havo come to tbo diitiict Hinee tho building of tho hall, allow me to nt.ito tlt.it tho I'aiimuro lfall ncvor w.ih, n not, and in justice novor can b», a public hall ; tint w to Bay, jmbllc propot ty or under jmltln c-ontuil. It is, anil must csscnti illy lctnniu, CathoJio Church property. 1 ha\o bacn iuatruinonfcftl in clh-cting thi«, and know it to bo a fact, 'l lux, ntul abhor m.attorB, beaiing upon tbo cntabiioliment of tho Paumnro llall, may bo found m a lotto r written by mo, and published in tho Dw/A' South kkn Cross somo tnno in April, 1SG8. I oluso thi« letter by informing " A Subsciiber" that my corrcs^ i pondenco closes with him unlesi ho writes honoefortb, when writing to tuo, in hia proper unmo.— 1 nm, tco., H. «T, Fvkbs, | Catholic Pastor of Howioic aod V%nmur«. ' Howiok, Mivrob 0, 1873,