The biggest collection had become the British Museum's, which had been increased in part as a result of the use of force. In 1843 Queen Victoria bestowed on the institution materials captured by her troops in Canton in 1842.
大英圖書館早年的中文藏書可以說是武力換來的，一八四三年維多利亞女王把軍隊由中國搶來的東西都送給了大英。