COVENT GARDEN THE ATRE.—Mr. HAcKETT, the American comedian, appeared to-night
as Nimrod Wildfire, in a new farce written expressly for him, called The Kentuckian. The character of Nimrod Wildfire has been played by him in America, where it is popular ; we may therefore calculate that it is a true portrait of the Gascon of the United States, who describes himself as being "half horse, half alligator." It was a very amusing and characteristic sketch, and given with great spirit and good-humour. The audience at first did not know exactly how to take it, whether as a caricatitre or an actual portrait. Mr. HACKETT'S frank and cordial manner, and the gusto with which he depicted the hero of " Kaintnek," soon made the "strangers" feel at home with their Transatlantic acquaintance, and they testified their enjoyment by hearty laughter. Mr. Mein= was called for at the conclusion, and announced the piece for representation, amidst general applause—there was one solitary hisser. Mrs. Gums, in the part of Mrs. Luminary, was intended to represent Mrs. TROLLOrE, the fair ameliorator of the Yankee.
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