MEMORIAL To his Grace, His MAJESTY'S High Commissioner, and the Honourable Estates of Parliament, concerning a Fond for a yearly Salary to the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty.  
THE High Court of Admiralty, being by Act of Parliament declared a Sovereign Court, it is suitable to the Dignity thereof, that the Judge have a settled Salary for his Pains and Encouragement, as other Judges of Sovereign Courts have, and that he be not left to the meanness and uncertainty of Sentence-money.  
The most natural Fond that occurs, is some small Tonnage on Shipping, which may be made to easy, that it will be very insensible to those liable in payment.  
In the last Session of Parliament there was Imposed Sixteen Pence on the Tun of every Foreign Ship which came into any Harbour or Road within this Kingdom, each Voyage, and Four Shilling Scots on every Tun of Scots Ships above Twelve Tuns Burden, once ilk Year, which was to be applied by the Lords of Privy Council for Re-imbursing Captain Slazer and Mr. Adair, for certain Maps, Prospects, and Descriptions of Scotland, with power to stop the said Imposition in whole or in part, when the said's Maps and Prospects were perfected.  
How far Mr. Slazer and Mr. Adair are paid or might have been paid out of the said Fond, may be enquired into if the Estates of Parliament think fit.  
It is certain this Imposition was complained of as a very heavy Burden by those concerned with Shipping, for easing them thereof in a great Measure.  
It is humbly proposed, that the one half of the said Imposition be continued to be a Fond for a Salary to the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, and for making it the more effectual, that a Collector be appointed touplift the whole Termly, and that he have a suitable Allowance, as also that the Judge and Collectors Salary be appointed to be paid out of the first and readiest of the said Imposition, and if the Parliament think fit to continue any part of the said Tonnage for Mr. Slazer or Adairs Behoves, that the same be paid out of the superplus: But Captain Slazers' performances being altogether extrinsic from Shipping, the Parliament may possibly fall on some other more proper Fond for his Reimbursement.  
The Royal Burrows who are most concerned in this Matter, will willingly agree to this Proposal, and what shall be the Quota of the Salary, is submitted to the Commissioner his Grace and the Honourable Estates of Parliament.