Newgate Calendars--Their editors and publishers--All based on Sessions’ papers--Demand for this literature fostered by prevalence of crime--Brief summary of state of crime in the first half of the 18th century--State of the Metropolis--Street robberies--Burglaries--Henry Fielding on the increase of robbers--The Thieves’ Company--The Revolution Club--Firearms in the Law Courts--Causes of the increase of crime--Drunkenness--The Gin Act--Gaming universal--Faro’s daughters--Lotteries--Repression of crime limited to hanging--No police--The Charlies or watchmen--Civil power lethargic--Efforts made by private societies for reformation of manners--Character of crimes--Murders, duels, and affrays--Richard Savage, the poet, in Newgate for murder--Major Oneby for murder, commits suicide--Marquis de Paleoti for murdering his man-servant--Colonel Charteris for rape, sentenced to death, but pardoned--Crime in high place--The Earl of Macclesfield, Lord Chancellor, convicted of venal practices--Embezzlement by public officials--Crimes more commonplace, but more atrocious--Murder committed by Catherine Hayes and her accomplices--She is burnt alive for petty treason--Sarah Malcolm the Temple murderess--Other prominent and typical murders--Jack Ketch hanged for murder--Wife murderers, Houssart, Vincent Davis, George Price, Edward Joines, John Williamson--Theodore Gardelle, the murderer of Mrs. King--Two female murderers--Mrs. Meteyard--Her cruelty to a parish apprentice--Elizabeth Brownrigg beats Mary Clifford to death.