THE WAR OF GREEK INDEPENDENCE 1821 TO 1833 BY W.ALISON PHILLIPS 1897

PETROBEY IMPRISONED 365
carried back to Nauplia. He was now tried for
treason, by a special commission (as being a senator
and peer of Greece), was found guilty, and imprisoned
in his turn in the fortress of Itsh-kale.
The news of the chieftain's arrest was sent to the
Maina ;
and his brother Constantino was persuaded, by
the promise of his personal freedom being respected,
to proceed to Nauplia for the purpose of opening negotiations.
No sooner, however, did he reach the capital
than he and his nephew George were likewise placed
under police supervision, and forbidden to leave the
town.
After some lapse of time, the venerable mother of
Petrobey, an old lady eighty-six years of age, appealed
to the Russian admiral to intercede with the President
for the release of her son; and Admiral Ricord was
moved to undertake the charge, nothing doubting that
his personal influence with Capodistrias would enable
him to bring
about a settlement. The
President, in
fact, so far yielded as to promise to release Petrobey,
on condition of his acknowledging his errors ;
and
with this decision the Russian admiral proceeded to
interview the old chieftain. At first the proud old
man refused to consider the question of an apology;
but, at last, worn out with eight months' imprisonment,
and longing for a breath of the free air of the moun-