The confessions of William Burke, the Edinburgh murderer, who was tried before the Lord Chief Justice Clerk, on the 24th of December, 1828, and convicted of the wilful murder of Margery Campbell and selling her body to Dr. Knox, of Edinburgh for the purpose of dissection : this miscreant while lying under sentence of death, confessed to having murdered sixteen unfortunate victims and selling their bodies to the aforesaid Dr. Knox : this wretched murderer was executed on the 28th of January, 1829, amidst the execrations of 30,000 spectators.