Ku dhammee weedhan soo socota Bilowgii 1857 wararka Shiinaha ka yimid waxay gaadheen Britain
Khilaaf u dhexeeya wakiilka Ingiriiska ee dalkaas iyo guddoomiyaha gobolka Canton oo ku saabsanaa markab yar ama lorcha oo loo yaqaan "Arrow", taas oo keentay in taliyaha Ingiriiska uu burburiyo qalcadaha wabiga, uu gubo 23 markab oo ka tirsan ciidamada badda Shiinaha iyo duqaynta magaalada Canton. Kadib baadhitaan taxadar leh oo ku saabsan dukumiintiyada rasmiga ah, Cobden wuxuu noqday mid ku qanacsan in kuwan ay ahaayeen dacwado aan caddaalad ahayn. Waxa uu hor keenay mooshinka baarlamaanka, kaas oo keenay dood dheer oo xusuus mudan, oo socotay in ka badan afar habeen, kaas oo uu ku taageeray Sidney Herbert, Sir James Graham, William Gladstone, Lord John Russell iyo Benjamin Disraeli, taas oo ku dhamaatay guuldaradii Lord Palmerston oo leh lix iyo toban cod.