<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ephakanyiselwe esikhundleni sokuba u-commodore, uKeppel waba owesibili ekulawuleni i-East Indies ne-China Station, ephethe i-pennant yakhe ebanzi e-frigate i-HMS Raleigh, ngo-September 1856. I-HMS Raleigh yalahleka edwaleni elingaziwa eduze kwaseHong Kong, futhi, nakuba uKeppel kamuva waquliswa icala enkantolo yezempi, wakhululwa ngenhlonipho ngokulahleka komkhumbi. Wabe esedlulisela isicoco sakhe ku-HMS Alligator esezingeni lesithupha. Ngemuva kokuthatha umkhumbi we-chartered steamer, wayala i-British squadron, eyayihlanganisa i- Hong Kong kanye nezikebhe eziyisikhombisa zempi, ekulweni nama-pirates aseChina eMpini yaseFatshan Creek ngoJuni 1857 lapho acwilisa cishe ama-junks empi ayi-100 esitha. Ngokubamba kwakhe iqhaza kulesi senzo uKeppel wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba yiKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath ngo-12 Septhemba 1857. Wabuye wabamba iqhaza ekuthatheni iCanton  <response>: ngo-December 1857 phakathi neMpi Yesibili Ye-Opium. 