Bilowgii 1857 wararkii Shiinaha ka yimid waxay gaadheen Britain.
dhexmaray wakiilkii Ingiriiska ee dalkaas iyo guddoomiyihii gobolka Canton oo ku saabsanaa markab yar ama lorcha oo la yiraahdo "Arrow", taas oo keentay in admiralka Ingiriiska uu burburiyo qalcadaha wabiga, gubo 23 markab oo ay leeyihiin ciidamada badda Shiinaha iyo duqeymaha 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.