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Rh The differences of opinion among the Bishops were considerable. Lockhart, writing to the Pretender in 1722, alludes to the divisions among the English Nonjurors, and calls the breach a "prejudice and discredit to the whole party." "Of those," says he, "who sett up for alterations, two of our Scots Bishops, Campbell and Gatherer, made a considerable figure at London, where they have resided many years; and Falconer favoured them in Scotland. There have been several meetings of the Bishops, and all but Falconer and Gatherer are against all alterations or innovations. They think what is desired not so essential, as to be laid in the balance with the misconstructions their enemies will put upon them." He states, that the Bishops opposed to the Usages wished to know the opinion of the Pretender's trustees, who advised him on Scottish and English affairs. He also mentions that he attended a meeting, at which both parties endeavoured to justify themselves by the practice of the Fathers and the primitive ages. Lockhart recommended an agreement among themselves: stating, that he was instructed by the Pretender to give them that advice, and that they should not move until his pleasure were known. Falconer, it seems, yielded to the other Bishops; but, says Lockhart, Gadderer advanced his "usages, as he termed them, in the Northern Countries," against the advice of the Bishops and the Prince's trustees. It seems, from Lockhart's Letter of May 21, 1723, that the Bishops even thought of suspending Gadderer. He adds, that their enemies alleged, that the