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Bear Club, and established (ut dic.) circa 1738, formerly of some repute. Among other legends of the Club, is one, that in the centre of the ceiling of their dining-room was once a carved rose, and that the members always drank as a first toast, to
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The health of the King,
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Occasional Oratorio is a separate composition, containing an overture, 10 recitatives, 21 airs, 1 duet, and 15 choruses. It was produced in the year 1745. It is reported, I know not on what authority, that the King having ordered Handel to produce a new oratorio on a given day, and the artist having answered that it was impossible to do it in the time (which must have been unreasonably short, to extort such a reply from the intellect that produced _The Messiah_ in three weeks, and _Israel in Egypt_ in four), his Majesty deigned no other answer than that done it must and should be, whether possible or not, and that the result was the putting forward of the
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Occasional Oratorio.
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Him or his God we no fear. It is rather a collection of sacred pieces, strung together literally without rhyme or reason in the oratorio form, than one oratorio. The examination of it leads one to the conclusion, that the composer took from his portfolio such pieces as he happened to have at hand, strung them together as he best could, and made up the necessary quantity by selections from his other works. Accordingly we find in it the pieces
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The Horse and his Rider,
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Thou shalt bring them in,
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Who is like unto Thee?
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The Hailstone Chorus,
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The Enemy said I will pursue, from _Israel in Egypt_, written in 1738; the chorus
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May God from whom all Mercies spring, from _Athaliah_ (1733); and the chorus
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God save the King, long live the King, from the _Coronation Anthem_ of 1727. There is also the air
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O! Liberty,