The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-26 00:00:00

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The Times. pays the following just tribute to tueti
memory of a gentleman whose loss is generally regretted
by the members of his profession : the
death
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columns. He was known in onpe or two capacities to
large circle, but lie. rendered services to this jou 13to
which a still larger circle enjoyed ; and it is a d rutyld
the public which we fulfil when we proceed to re7of
some particulars of his life, and to express some sellsoli I
his merits, personal and literary. Mr. pod was the° or ,
sou of the Rev. Roger Dud, who was vicar of Drud II ,
lease, in the county of Leitrim, and he represenetbeeiti
junior branch of the family of Ded, of Cleverly, th hire,
of which is the present M.P. for North Staffords zoo
Inheriting a small patrimony, of which actual pd tamed
was only acquired after a Chancery suit, Mr.Dod itb
his early attention to the bar as a profession, and wre
'Bet tilecre,
that view entered at King's-inns, Dublin.
wards of journaliism detached him from legal °llvildeti
and before long he devoted to literature an toildedita
attention. After having been part proprietor ana awl,
of a provincial journal, he eventually settled
where for 37 years his pen has been uncea'
ployed ; for a considerable portion of that
viz., 23 years—this journal has had the be
services. To the members of both Houses of.
he is best known in the position which he la
before his fatal illness developed itself. Uncle'
ance the debates in Parliament were presented
perusal in the shape which the exigencies of a '
require ; and, as manager or superintendent o;
of gentlemen who report these debates, he ha(
and anxious duty to perform towards them, t'
public, and towards speakers in Parliament. ff'
his intercourse with the members of both 11'
with those over whom be was placed in auth'
man who knew the rectitude of his own on
feared no misconstruction, while at the sato
never forgot the feelings of those whom he ht.
or occasionally to reprove. He bad long
secured the willing attention of the public b:
a different and a superior class. For very 10
and until disabled by illness, his pen had con'
these columns many of the memoirs of di
persons who have died within the period. ~ titeio!„
powers of observing character, and long opfor"'" is f"
studying politics and public men, he added tall all
literary composition which can only be esttreeef
those who know how rapidly these memoirs ”tiriesile
duced. Rarely was it necessary to allow public carneeS
to flag before all that a statesman had done °roe tberl;
and honours was pictured to the world. 1° lir. 9',d•
pacity many thousands of the public know ny Coht,
name, on the title pages of the " Parliante°44:l o..tlie,
panion" and the " Peerage, Baronetage, a 13",„ t' 13.;
age," which publications wholly owe their orig:c e.:f;
, For many years, however, his increasine'd°t;te,e
, nection with this journal prevented his al'etuPfwar" elo,
lof any portion of their contents. They hay With s'°„%t
than 12 years been in the hands of his son, 10,0°.:r.
of course they still remain. In closing this I:°'', eitbful,'o
of one who, in various ways, has been a '3'd that
1 vaut of the public, we cannot omit to ree°roje 1%.
every private relation of life he was an taa,t,`l4,ol°e6.'
around him. He passed a life crowded 's";rity.
virtues, and leaves a name of unspotted into''

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