The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-08 00:00:00

ALGERIA.

MARSEILLES, January 8.
Intelligence received here from Algeria announces
that another shock of earthquake was felt there on
the morning of the 4th inst., during the prevalence
of a very heavy rain. No mishaps had occurred.

FRANCE.
BOURSE, Jan. 7, Two o'clock.—Various securi-
ties are quoted to-day ex-dividend. The amount of
the coupon detached on Italian Fives is 2f. 50c., on
Credit Foncier shares 12f. 50c., on Spanish Mobilier
15f., on Northern Railway shares 25f., on Southern
20f., and on Austrian 12f. 50c. The first telegram
from London announced a decline on Consols of
but the second, owing probably to bad weather, had
not yet arrived. Though the market here is calm
a new and important advance has taken place on
most securities. French Threes have gained 250.-
70f. 25c; Italian Fives 30c.-54f. 55c. (ex-div.) ;
Credit Mobilier 7f. 50c.--at 515 f. ; Credit Foncier
as much as the whole coupon, at 1,440 f. Railway
shares are also in advance, Northern of 5f.—at
1,195 f. (ex. div.) A similar rise is to be noticed
in Southern shares, also taking into account the
coupon.

Three o'clock.--The second despatch from Lon-
don indicates a recovery of the eighth lost. The
market closed with the following quotations :-
41 per Cent 5..,...... 99 05 Bank Shares 3600
Do. end m0nth...... Italian Loan 54 10
3 per Cents...,, 70 20 Do. end month 64 25
Do. end m0nth...... 70 20 Mexican Loan —
Credit Mobilier ... 517 50 Do. Bonds —
Do. end month ... 511 25 Spanish Threes
Credit Foucier Home Debt .........
Do. end month...., 1439 Deferred ............ -
RAILNY LIM

For Account.
Orleans 902 50
Northern ........................... 1193 75
Lyons and Mediterranean 918 75
Southern Western ................................
Eastern 645 --
Sardinian. lOO
Austrian 396 75
Lombard 392 50
North of Spain
Saragossa 142 50
Ditto to Barcelona 6O
Roman. —

Fearful Storm.—Accident to the Holyhead
Nail Train.

ABER, near Bangor, Monday.
A most fearful storm of wind and snow prevailed
over this district of North Wales on Saturday night,
and was a prelude to the break-up of the frost. It
committed great havoc here, and led to au accident
on the Chester and Holyhead Railway, and the
complete stoppage of the traffic for over 20 hours—

i. e., from 8 or 9 on Saturday night to 4 p.m. on
Sunday. Travellers on the line are aware that be-
tween Conway and Bangor the line runs almost
continuously nearly on the edge of the sea, with
high mountains towering over it. Notwithstanding
the great fall of snow in the middle of last week,
there having been comparatively little drifting, the
railway traffic was not much delayed. On Saturday
night, however, a violent storm of snow and sleet
set in, accompanied by a terrific gale from the
south-west. Snow drifted down from the moun-
tains in blinding masses, and accumulated in the
railway cuttings, blocking them up so that, although
the railway authorities had placed 50 or 60 men on
the line in the exposed places to keep it clear, the
work beat them, and the traffic was completely
stopped on Saturday night. An attempt, how-
ever, was made to get the mail train, which leaves
Holyhead at 8 20 p.m., through the drift, and it
was sent on from Bangor. The train had got
halfway between Bangor and the next up station
(Aber), when, on passing down an embankment,
the violence of the wind, which rushed down
the valleys between the mountains as down a
spout, was so great that, although the train was
driven by two engines in the hope of driving through
the snow, it actually blew over the post-office van,
and threw it on the side of the embankment. The
engine couplings at the same moment snapped, and
the engines ran on until they stuck in the snow
(which was six or seven feet deep). The passengers'
carriages also left the rails, but did not turn over.
There were very few passengers, who escaped with-
out serious injury. The Post-office clerks also escaped
miraculously, and when got at it was found they had
only sustained (as we arc informed) a shaking. The
guard had to run back to Bangor, and the telegraph
communication being broken it was impossible to
stop down trains from coming on. The telegraph
posts and wires have been broken for two or three
miles.

Mr. Lee, the engineer of the Bangor section of
the line, and Mr. Binger, of Cheshire, the district
superintendent (who happened to be in thelocality),
were promptly on the spot, and everything was done
to clear the line ; but although the men worked
all the bitter night it was not until dusk yesterday
evening that one line of rails could be cleared, and at
the present moment (Monday afternoon) the traffic
is being carried on on one line between Aber and
Bangor.
The storm was one of the most fearful that can
be imagined. At Aber the gale drifted the snow in
masses, blinding everybody exposed to it, and the
railway officials were frequently thrown down by the
violence of the wind as it rushed down the velleys,
while at the same time in Bangor the wind was com-
paratively calm. Signal lights could not be seen 20
yards, and collisions, happily unattended with seri-
ous consequences, were the result. At Aber, while a
train was standing at the station, with the signals
up, another coming up behind ran into it, shaking
and bruising the passengers.
The thaw set in on Sunday, and the rain since has
cleared away the snow, except in the drifts, where it
is still very deep. At one time there were eight or
nine trains.stopped between Aber And Bangor,