Hi
I've got a copy of a Bastardy Order, not for my ancestor, but for his older sister, born 1832. It had survived in the Parish Chest of the town where their mother was living. For both births the mother was 'removed' to the Parish to which she had entitlement to relief, though not the Parish in which she was herself born.
This one names a putative father, who defends his case vigorously, though is obliged to pay for the child's upkeep. Interestingly some fifty years or so later, presumably having become reconciled to the idea of fatherhood, he leaves the larger part of his estate to the husband of this child.
I thought that the idea of Bastardy Bonds 'died' with the reform of the Poor Laws, and, if so, 1872 would be late for a Bastardy Bond.
Good luck with your search
