Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A shekara ta 1857, an nada Lord Elgin Babban Kwamishina da Mai cikakken iko a China da Gabas ta Tsakiya don taimakawa wajen bude China da Japan ga cinikin Yammacin Turai. A lokacin Yaƙin Opium na Biyu, ya jagoranci harin bam na Canton
(Guangzhou) kuma ya kula da ƙarshen yaƙin ta hanyar sanya hannu kan Yarjejeniyar Tientsin (Tianjin) a ranar 26 ga Yuni 1858.