20 JANUARY 1912, Page 16

[To TEE EDITOR OP TUE "SPECTATOR. "] SIE, — It would be impossible

to explain briefly the accidental error contained in my letter printed in last week's issue. Will you generously permit me to be the first to correct my own mistake and to restate the matter thus : (1) A ship with her anchor hove up is said to be "under way," whether moving through the water or not ; (2) the anchor, broken out of the ground and hanging from the hawse-pipe, is said to he " a-weigh " P—I am, Sir, &c., M. T. P. [We can print no more letters on this subject.—En. Spectator.]