<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Levant waphinde wathunywa ngomhlaka 31 Okthoba, uCommdr. William N. Smith emyalile, wahamba ngomkhumbi ngomhlaka 13 Novemba waya eRio de Janeiro, eCape of Good Hope, naseHong Kong, lapho afika khona ukujoyina i-East India Squadron ngo-12 Meyi 1856. NgoJulayi 1 wathatha ikhomishana yaseMelika eChina ukuze ayiswe eShanghai, efika ngo-Agasti 1. Ekuqubukeni  <response>: Ngenxa yezimpi phakathi kwamaNgisi namaShayina, iLevant yafika eWhampoa ngo-Okthoba 28. UComdr. Andrew H. Foote wabe esethumela iqembu lokwehla lisuka eLevant nasesikebheni sakhe,, eCanton ukuvikela izimpilo nempahla yaseMelika lapho. NgoNovemba 15, ngenkathi kuqhubeka ukuhoxiswa kwaleli qembu, u-Commander Foote wadutshulwa ngenkathi edlula ngesikebhe esincane nge Barrier Forts eMfuleni iPearl ngaphansi kweCanton. Ngomhla ka - 16 iLevant yakhishwa emfuleni ukuze ijoyine iPortsmouth futhi igcine iPearl ivulekele imikhumbi yaseMelika. Njengoba izinqaba zazikhuthazwa ngokungahloniphi ukungathathi hlangothi kwamaMelika, uFoote wathola umyalo kuCommodore James Armstrong, owayephethe ibutho, wokuthatha izinyathelo njengoba ukwahlulela kwakhe kungamyala... ngisho nokubanjwa kwezinqaba. 