Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An ba da lambar yabo ga commodore, Keppel ya zama na biyu a cikin kwamandan Gabashin Indiya da China Station, tare da babban fansa a cikin jirgin ruwa mai suna HMS "Raleigh", a watan Satumba na 1856. HMS "Raleigh" ya ɓace a kan dutsen da ba a san shi ba a kusa da Hong Kong, kuma, ko da yake Keppel ya kasance a gaban kotun soja, an sake shi da girmamawa don asarar jirgin. Daga nan sai ya canja wurinsa zuwa na shida na HMS "Alligator". Bayan da ya yi umurni da jirgin ruwa na haya, ya umurci rundunar sojojin Birtaniya, wanda ya kunshi "Hong Kong" da jiragen ruwa guda bakwai, a cikin aikin da 'yan fashin teku na kasar Sin suka yi a yakin Fatshan Creek a watan Yunin 1857 lokacin da ya nutsar da kimanin jiragen ruwa 100 na abokan gaba. Don rawar da ya taka a wannan aikin, an ba Keppel mukamin Knight Commander na Order of the Bath a ranar 12 ga Satumba, 1857. Ya kuma shiga cikin kama Canton
a watan Disambar 1857 a lokacin yakin opium na biyu.