Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I whakatairangahia ki te commodore, ka noho a Keppel hei tuarua-i-te-mana o te East Indies me te China Station, me tana pennant whanui i runga i te frigate HMS "Raleigh", i te Mahuru 1856. I ngaro a HMS "Raleigh" i runga i tetahi toka kaore i mohiotia i te taha o Hong Kong, a, ahakoa i whakawakia a Keppel ki te kooti hoia, i whakawhiwhia ia mo te ngaronga o te kaipuke. Katahi ka whakawhitihia e ia tana pennant ki te ono-tohu HMS "Alligator". Whai muri i tana whakahaerenga i te kaipuke kaipuke, i whakahaua e ia te roopu o Ingarangi, ko te "Hong Kong" me nga kaipuke patu e whitu, i te mahi me nga kaipahua Hainamana i te Pakanga o Fatshan Creek i te Pipiri 1857 i te wa i whakangaromia ai e ia te 100 nga kaipuke whawhai a te hoariri. Mo tana mahi i tenei mahi i eke a Keppel ki te Knight Commander o te Order of the Bath i te 12 o Hepetema 1857. I whai wāhi hoki ia ki te hopu i a Kānata
i te Hakihea 1857 i te Pakanga Opium Tuarua.