Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ịbụ onye e buliri n'ọkwa nke commodore, Keppel ghọrọ onye nke abụọ na-achị East Indies na China Station, ya na ọkọlọtọ ya sara mbara na frigate HMS "Raleigh", na Septemba 1856. E tufuru HMS "Raleigh" n'elu okwute a na-amaghị ama dị nso na Hong Kong, ọ bụ ezie na e mechara kpụpụ Keppel n'ụlọ ikpe ndị agha, a gbapụtara ya n'ụzọ dị ùgwù maka ọnwụ nke ụgbọ ahụ. Mgbe ahụ, o bufere pennant ya na HMS "Alligator" nke isii. Mgbe o nwetasịrị ụgbọ mmiri a na-akwụ ụgwọ, o nyere ndị agha Britain iwu, nke gụnyere "Hong Kong" na ụgbọ mmiri asaa, na-eme ihe na ndị omekome China na Agha nke Fatshan Creek na June 1857 mgbe ọ mikpuru ihe dị ka 100 ndị iro agha agha. Maka akụkụ ya n'omume a, a kwalitere Keppel ka ọ bụrụ Knight Commander nke Order of the Bath na 12 Septemba 1857. O sonyekwara na
e jidere Canton na Disemba 1857 n'oge Agha Ọfịọm nke Abụọ.