Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An canja Meade zuwa na biyu na HMS "Calcutta", babban jirgin ruwa na Kwamandan-in-Chief, East Indies Station, a watan Agusta 1857 kuma, bayan ya sauka tare da rundunar sojan ruwa, ya shiga cikin yakin Canton
a watan Disamba na 1857 yayin Yaƙin Opium na Biyu: ya ji rauni sosai a hannun hagu ta hanyar harbi da aka harba daga gingal. An ambaci shi a cikin sakonni, ya ci gaba da zama kwamandan a ranar 26 ga Fabrairun 1858 kuma an tura shi zuwa HMS "Hornet" a baya a wannan watan.