Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Ná mmalite nke 1857 akụkọ sitere China ruru Britain nke a gbawara
n'etiti onye nnọchi anya ndị Briten na mba ahụ na gọvanọ nke mpaghara Canton na-ezo aka n'obere ụgbọ mmiri ma ọ bụ lorcha a na-akpọ "Arrow", nke mere ka onye isi ndị Briten bibie ebe ndị siri ike n'osimiri, gbaa ụgbọ mmiri 23 nke ndị China ọkụ ma gbaa obodo Canton bọmbụ. Mgbe Cobden jisịrị nlezianya nyochaa akwụkwọ ndị ahụ, o kwenyesiri ike na ihe ndị ahụ e mere ezighị ezi n'ụzọ zuru ezu. O wetara akwụkwọ na nzuko omeiwu maka nke a, nke dugara na arụmụka dị ogologo ma bụrụ nke a ga-echeta, nke were abalị anọ, nke Sidney Herbert, Sir James Graham, William Gladstone, Lord John Russell na Benjamin Disraeli kwadoro ya, nke mechara merie Lord Palmerston site n'ọtụtụ iri na isii.