The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1825-12-14 (London, England)

ALI.EGED CIIILD MUIIDEII.—A story has appeared in several of the London papers, purporting to be a police report of proceedings at Union Ilall, or. Monday last, relative to circumstances connected with the death of a child, whose body was found, about seven weeks ago, concealed beneath some rubbish within a short distance of the town of Buckingham. A young woman, who said that her name was Mary Kirk, and that her parents lived next door to the Flying Horse public-house, in Buckingham, is related us have come forward to ease her conscience, by stating that she had been called upon by a woman whom she knew, named Elizabeth Ayres, to accompany her to the dunghill under which the body was deposited ; and that the body having been discovered with marks of violence upon it, and a general impression having prevailed that the child had been murdered, Ayres proposed that they should both quit the town of Buckingham together, and that after having proceeded in company to London, she had been deserted by Ayres, and driven by destitution to a state of despair. The magistrate, Mr. Swabey, who ordered Mary Kirk to be relieved, is stated to have directed a letter to be written to the Mayor of Buckingham, recommending an investigation of the case. What the result of the application has been may he readily anticipated. No public-house of the sign of the Flying Horse exists at Buckingham. and the discovery of a corpse under rubbish, seven weeks ago, had not been heard of in that place.—Bucks Chronicle. An accident, which had nearly proved of the most serious consequence, happened at Tewkesbury on Wednesday afternoon. As one of the Bath coaches, on its way to Worcester, was descending the hill near the House of industry. the splinter-bar broke, by which the horses (the best and most spirited upon the road) became no longer subject to the guidance and control of the coachman, and a most awful prospect presented itself to the unfortunate passengers. The Hermitage turnpike-gate is situated immediately at the bottom of the bill, and a narrow bridge over the river Swilgate is just beyond ; and, as the horses were Going at full speed, it seemed past the bounds of probability that they would steer clear both of the gate-posts and of the low rails of the bridge; they did, however, luckily avoid both ; but the vehicle came in contact with the railing on the causeway between the bridge and the church, and the coach, the horses—and, of eourse, the striver and pawn.: gers—were hurled together into the field beneath. But we are happy to say that the injury sustained was astonishingly trivial: the coachman arid tome of the outside passenger., and a lady who was inside, suffered a few bruises, hat neither the horses nor coach sustained any material damage—although the meadow into which they rolled is at least six feet below the surface of the road. Had the coach gone over only a few yards nearer the turnpike, the cow., quences must have been dreadful, as the whole would then. have been precipitated to a great depth into the midst .of the river, which was at that time very much swollen flotiaj the recent maim—Gloucester Journal.