NAVAL DISCIPLINE.

SUBORDINATION

CONTRASTED WITH

INSUBORDINATION;

OR, A VIEW OF THE

NECESSITY FOR PASSING A LAW

ESTABLISHING AN

EFFICIENT NAVAL DISCIPLINE

ON BOARD SHIPS

IN THE MERCHANT-SERVICE;

COMPRISING

A VALUABLE RECORD

OF OCCURRENCES ON BOARD VARIOUS SHIPS;

EVINCING

THE ADVANTAGES ARISING FROM GOOD ORDER ON THE ONE
HAND, AND THE DISASTERS ATTENDING THE WANT
OF IT ON THE OTHER.

BY CHRISTOPHER BIDEN,

Late Commander of the Honourable East-India Company's Ships Royal George
and Princess Charlotte of Wales.

"SANS PEUR ET SANS REPROCHE."

LONDON:

J. M. RICHARDSON, 23, CORNHILL.

1830.

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY;

TO THE

ELDER BRETHREN AND CORPORATION OF
THE TRINITY HOUSE;

TO THE

HONOURABLE THE EAST-INDIA COMPANY;

AND TO THE

MERCHANTS, UNDERWRITERS, AND SHIP-OWNERS

OF

GREAT BRITAIN;

THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

BY THEIR FAITHFUL SERVANT,

CHRISTOPHER BIDEN.