In the same grave reposes that gentle being, who, for five-and-forty years, had been the beloved participator in all his joys and griefs: she did not long survive him; and it was her last request that they should not be separated in death. Out of a family of sixteen children, but seven reached the age of manhood;-and at their parents' death, only four sons and a daughter remained of this numerous family. The latter still resides with her eldest brother, John Adey, who is, perhaps, less known as a follower of his father in the art of landscape gardening, than as one deeply versed in antiquarian lore; from which peculiar taste he has gathered an accurate knowledge of ancient Gothic architecture, many specimens of which are to be found in the engravings that accompany his father's works. The second son, Edward, who was originally intended for his father's profession, having evinced a preference for the Church, was sent to Magdalen College, Oxford, and is now a Prebendary of Westminster. The third son, William, is in the law, and possesses the small paternal estate at Aylsham; and the fourth son, George Stanley, who has for many years practised as an architect, married the eldest daughter of the late Lord Chancellor Eldon, only a few months previous to the death of his father. One of the most ardent wishes of that father's heart was gratified, by living to see his children united and happy: and we cannot better close this Notice, than by transcribing his own concluding words, so expressive of the ruling feeling of his mind:-"My ship of life is sinking, and it is time to quit it; these pages will serve to shew how actively I have performed the voyage-how I have glided through calms, and struggled through tempests. I have touched at every port, and where have we met with happiness unalloyed? or, where found a man not disappointed? Nowhere! Yet still I must repeat, that there is more of good than of evil; and for this redundancy, all our gratitude must, at last, resolve itself into that reiterated aspiration from my heart-Laus Deo." A. B.
