The Whigs were thought to be strongest in the City, and amongst the monied, as opposed to the landed, classes; and the fall in public securities was laid to their account. But the result of the elections in the City did not prove the Whigs to be strongest there: and in any case, we might well doubt that power of affecting the public credit, according to their party feelings, with which they were credited. Whatever the reason, undoubtedly the accession of Harley to power, and the consequent expectation of a Peace, were accompanied by a serious depression in public stock.