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EDITORIAL OBSERVATIONS. 
PROPOSED TABLET TO THE MEMORY OE THE LATE CHARLES 
HENDERSON, M.R.C.V.S. and V.S.E.I.C., IN THE CHURCH 
OE SAHARUNPORE. 
With feelings of gratification, not unmixed, however, with 
sincere regret at the loss sustained, we give insertion to 
the communication received from Lieut. McDougall, an¬ 
nouncing the proposition to place a mural tablet in the 
church at Saharunpore, to the memory of the late Mr. 
Charles Henderson. 
Such a manifestation of respect, from his officers and 
friends in India, must tend to lessen the sorrow felt by his 
relatives and friends in this country, and it is one we feel a 
high degree of satisfaction in recording. 
We remember Mr. Henderson as a student well. Although 
of a lively disposition, he was ever attentive to his studies, 
gentlemanly in his demeanour, and respectful to his teachers ; 
thus he ensured their good opinion and best wishes for 
his prosperity in life. Alas ! how short a period was he per¬ 
mitted to enjoy it. The bark was launched, but its sails were 
scarcely trimmed ere a storm arose, and it sunk engulphed 
in the ocean of eternity. Mr. Henderson had gone out to 
India in his professional capacity, became invalided there, as 
is too commonly the case, and was returning home with a 
hope of recruiting his health, but died on board the ship. 
We infer from the letter received by us, that by his friends 
in India alone will the expenses connected with the erection of 
the tablet be defrayed; otherwise we feel assured that many 
here would have asked to have been allowed to contribute 
towards it, and thus to join them in giving expression to their 
feelings towards the deceased. 
Thus link after link is broken that binds us to each other; 
and soon, when our duty here is done, we too— 
“ Shall haste to our setting, and shall fall 
Like a bright exhalation in the evening, 
And no man see us more.” 
