1 JUNE 1839, Page 8

A court-martial was held at the Marine Barracks, Chatham, last

week, on a drummer named Dine, for disobedience of orders in having refused to carry his sword. The excuse was, that it was nail .ct his re- ligion to take up arms, he having become a member of the Society of Friends. Many of the Quakers from Rochester attended, and assisted him in his defence. The Court found him guilty, and sentenced him .to three months' hard labour.—Maidstone Gazette.

On Monday week, Mr. William Tinmouth, formerly of Bishopwear- mouth, innkeeper, was released from Durham prison, after having suf- fered incarceration in that place for nearly nineteen years, for non-pay- ment of a penalty to the Excise.