Lichfield.
_Handel's Occasional Oratorio_ (Vol. iii., p. 426.).--This oratorio
doubtless received its name from the special _occasion_ when it was
composed, viz. the suppression of the rebellion in 1745. It was
published by Tonson in Feb. 1746, at the price of 1_s._, together with
various poems, &c. relating to the same important event. The Oratorio is
divided into three parts: with the exception of the overture, four of
the airs, and two of the choruses, it contains little that can be
popular at the present day.