128      A HISTORY  OF  THE  NEW YORK  STAGE      D853

ington under the control of E. A. Marshall, were humbugs, and
she had received no more benefit from them than for any other
night of her performances. July 26 Prof. Macallister, the wizard,
commenced an engagement of several weeks. The winter season
opened August 22 with Matilda Heron, her first appearance in New
York, as Lady Macbeth, Eddy as the Thane. She afterwards
played Juliet, Pauline, Ophelia, and Mrs. Haller. She was en¬
gaged as the leading lady, and remained here until January, 1853.
The fifth annual benefit of the American Dramatic Fund took
place here Dec. 15, when "Macbeth" was acted: Macbeth, Thos.
Hamblin; Banquo, H. Stephens; Macduff, Edward Eddy; Lady
Macbeth, Miss Wemyss (Mrs. Duffield). Dances were given by
Caroline and Adelaide Rousset, Miss Bulan, and Mons. Cornet,
Mile. Frances, and Mons. Wiethoff, Frances, Henry, and Mons.
Corby; and "Perfection " and "Lola Montez" were also played.
" Manuel" was played Nov. 8th, with E. Eddy in the title
r61e, Robert Johnston as Dezelos, and Matilda Heron as Victoria.
"The Hebrew Son" Dec. 17, with Carrie Hiffert, Sam Johnston,
James Dunn, and Stevens in the cast.

Lotty Hough made her debut in New York at this house 24 as
Charlotte in "The Stranger." In January, 1862, she was acting at
Drury Lane Theatre, London, and retired from the stage in 1863,
having married a Mr. Gregory, a non-professional. In 1872 she
made a lecturing tour, and died in New York January 17, 1896,
aged 62 years. On Christmas afternoon and evening the pro¬
gramme was: "La Bayadere," "Robert Macaire," and "Blue
Beard," "Pizarro," "The Bohemian Girl," and "The Mystery."

Thomas S. Hamblin died at his residence, 416 Broome Street,
this city, on Jan. 8, 1853, aged fifty-three. The theatre was
closed until Jan. 14. Mr. Hamblin was noted for his correct
business ha.bits, promptitude, and open-heartedness. The calls of
the needy never passed him unheard or unheeded. During his
managerial career he gave the total nightly receipts of his theatre
over 160 times for the benefit of charities. To the Bowery Theatre
he devoted his best energies, and perhaps, as far as the introduc¬
tion of a rare variety of entertainments is concerned, he accom¬
plished more than any other man in America. A singular fatality
seemed, however, to pursue him through life; that was the loss
of his theatres by fire no fewer than four times. But he was a man
of extraordinary abilities and indomitable perseverance. He did
not make those accidents an excuse for the nonpayment of a single
obligation which he had incurred. As an actor, he possessed the
valuable accessories of a fine person, a good voice, and careful
education. Probably a great share of the sense of the heroic which
a peculiar class of his admirers felt for Mr. Hamblin resulted from
the fact of his going into the office of The Nezv York Herald, a few