COLONEL LUCY BOOTH'S ENGAGEMENT.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2370, 16 June 1892, Page 3

COLONEL LUCY BOOTH'S ENGAGEMENT.

The engagement between Colonel Lampard, of the Salvation Army, and Miss Lucy Booth, a daughter of General Booth, has been broken off. The private secretary to the chief of the staff (says a Home paper of April 28th) states that only last week Colonel Lampard wrote to Gen oral Booth expressing his joy and satisfaction at his prospective union, and how much he desired it to take place. On Saturday, however, the following letter was addressed by him to the General: —

London, April 23rd 1892. My clear General,—ls is with feelings of deep regret and shame that I have to announce to you that I have this day broken off the engagement which has existed between myself and your daughter Lucy. You are aware that the first advances in the matter of this engagement were made by me when Colonel Lucy was in Bombay some eighteen months ago. For this commencement of our intimate relation I, and only I, am responsible. My reason fortius ending of the engagement are of a purely personal and private nature, and are such as reflect discredit on no other than myself. All that I have seen or know of Colonel Lucy have made to fully appreciate the deep affection and high admiration that you and all your family have for her. That my own action should cause, as I fear it must do, a large and continued measure of pain to those and to all those that love her, and should cause, too, serious loss and damage to the Army, will be a source of profound remorse and sorrow to mo to my dying day. All the closer association with yourself and various members of the family and the centre of things in the Army which my acquaintance with Lucy has brought about has immeasurably increased the admiration and confidence I have ever felt,and has caused me to feel my own utter unworthiness of the place and position I have enjoyed in the Army's rank. That God may bless you and all those dear to you on whom I have brought sorrow, and mercifully over-rule the sad consequences of my action, will be my continual prayer. —I am, General, yours faithfully (signed) John Lampard.

Miss Lucy Booth is utterly prostrated by the shook to the system caused by this event.