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The Arrow War
The Arrow War or the Second Opium War began in 1856. The Chinese boarded a British vessel suspicious of piracy and smuggling they captured 12 men and threw them into prison.
The English and the French joined forces and the Chinese capitulated. The allies demanded the right to embassies in Peking, a closed city at the time and legitimised the opium trade.
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EDWARD STANLEY, EARL OF DERBY (1799-1869)- Conservative MP and Prime Minister 1852, 1858-1859, 1866-1868
- Served under Canning, Goderich and Gray
- Secretary for Ireland
- Secretary for War and the Colonies 1833-1834
- Negotiated the abolition of slavery in the West Indies
- Colonial Secretary 1844 to 1845
- Resigned over repeal of the Corn Laws
The Arrow was a small vessel, owned by a chinese and registered in Hong Kong.
EXTRACT FROM 1851 CENSUS OF THE NATION'S WORKERS
- Cotton, calico, manufacture, printing and dyeing: 501,565
- Boot and shoe makers: more than 274,000
- Hat and dress makers: 268,000
- Coal miners: 219,000
- Washerwomen, manglers and laundry keepers: 146,091
- Errand boys, porters and messengers: 101,000
- Grocers: 86,000
- Gardeners: 81,000
- Engine and machine makers: 48,000
- Railway labourers: 34,306
- Pedlars: 30,500
- Horsekeepers, grooms and jockeys: 29,000
- Nurses: 25,500
- Straw hat and bonnet makers: 22,000
- Anglican clergymen: 18,587
- Policemen: 18,348
- Surgeons and apothecaries: 15,163
- Stay makers: 13,700
- Hair dressers and wig makers: more than 12,000
 
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| 1837 | William IV dies
Victoria becomes Queen
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| 1838 | The People's Charter is issued
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| 1839 | The Opium War breaks out
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| 1840 | Victoria marries Prince Albert
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| 1841 | Peel becomes Prime Minister
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| 1842 | The Opium War ends
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| 1845 | The Irish famine starts
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| 1846 | The corn laws are repealed
Russell becomes Prime Minister
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| 1848 | Public Health Act
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| 1851 | The Great Exhibition
Louis Napoleon seizes power in France
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| 1854 | The Crimean War breaks out
Florence Nightingale arrives at Scutari
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| 1855 | Palmerston becomes Prime Minister
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| 1856 | The Treaty of Paris ends the Crimean War
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| 1857 | The Indian Mutiny breaks out
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| 1858 | The Crown takes over the government of India
Derby becomes Prime Minister
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| 1859 | Palmerston becomes Prime Minister
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| 1861 | Prince Albert dies
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| 1865 | Palmerston dies
Russell becomes Prime Minister
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