In a work like the present, pecuniary gain is of course with all parties entirely 

 out of the «iuestion ; the only attempt has been to guard against heavy pecuniary 

 loss. To those who do not agree in what has been written, and who by conse- 

 quence disapprove of our Journal, we cannot of course look for support ; but 

 upon those who do approve of our plans, and who do think favourably of the 

 manner in which they are being carried into execution, we have a strong and 

 equitable claim ; nor need we remind them, that at the outset of a periodical 

 publication, and that upon new and untried ground, all support is doubly valuable. 

 If such persons exert themselves and support the work, there is every reason to 

 suppose that it will succeed and flourish ; but if they do not support it, the funds 

 upon which it at present rests becoming of course speedily dissipated, its career 

 must be limited to a very few numbers. 



Whatever the event shall be, whether the West of England Journal shall 

 attain to a wide and flourishing circulation, or whether, after having lived through 

 a few numbers, it shall cease and be forgotten, its promoters cannot of course 

 say. But of this they can assure the public, that although they may not obtain, 

 they will at least endeavour to deserve success ; and that if they fail, they shall 

 fail with the consciousness of never having pandared to the public mind, nor 

 descended from the high and independent ground upon which they aspire to 

 take their stand. 



" Servetur ad imum 



Qualis ab incepto processerit, et sibi constet." 

 Clifton, January, 1835. 



