Buirma's new king, Mindon Min, requests the…

Buirma's new king, Mindon Min, requests the dispersal of British forces: the British are unreceptive but are hesitant to advance farther northward; with both sides at an impasse, the fighting simply ceases.

The British now occupy all of Pegu province, which they rename Lower Burma, but without formal recognition of the Burmese court.

British merchants arrive, importing large quantities of opium from India and selling it through a government-controlled opium monopoly.

Opium production increases along the highlands of Southeast Asia.