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The Times of Thursday and Friday published in its second

editions two telegrams from Calcutta, dated 18th inst., announcing that 300 Kookas,—that is, men belonging to the new sect of Puritans which has arisen among the Sikhs—had attacked Fort Malod, near Loodiana. European troops were promptly de- spatched from Delhi, who killed seventy Kookas, seized their chiefs, and suppressed the revolt. The protected chiefs Puttiala and Nubha gave assistance, and the revolt is chiefly important as an indication of Hindoo unrest. Hitherto the Kookas have con- fined themselves to attacks on Mussulinan butchers, but we can easily imagine that they dislike any infidel rule, and rely on some secret sympathy among the old Khalsa or warrior caste of the Punjab. Anyhow, they must not be allowed to take forts.

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