Expressing disappointment in the lack of action by Buxton, following the revelation of his previous letter, and in the disinterest of the press, he asks his father to try to get the facts conveyed in this letter published in a newspaper because he wishes to do his utmost to get the slave trade completely abolished. He states that 35 slave vessels left Rio de Janeiro between 1 Jan and 30 Jun that year, almost all Brazilian ships with Brazilian owners but Portuguese registration and papers. He offers to supply the names and destinations of the vessels if required. He accuses the British Admiral of utter indifference to what was happening. The vessels were insured for 15% premiums and the number of speculators entering into the trade was consequently increasing daily. British manufactured goods were used in the trade through the agency of Philipps and Wood, the principals of which appeared to be liberal, philanthropic Members of Parliament, and as far as he knew, his own firm was the only one not engaged in supplying goods for the African Coast. His concern was that the trade was carried on openly by a country with which Britain had made treaties to abolish it. He claims that the only way to abolish the slave trade was to declare it piracy and urges Buxton and other friends of abolition to consider that if they but delayed for a year, 60,000 more would be sold into slavery. Eyre pleads with him to take up this measure and asks his father to set in motion his plea to Buxton, warning him again not to reveal the source of his information as it would harm him and do the cause itself no good. He promises to obtain any necessary official documents or certificates without delay. He hopes that someone may be induced to take measures to ensure that the Portuguese honoured their treaties with the British Government. He mentions, finally, that he had heard nothing of his uncle Samuel and advises that Charles [his brother?] ought to visit him otherwise his landlady would seize all his property when he died. In a postscript, he notes that the 35 vessels mentioned above were on their first voyages; there were another twenty or thirty that operated between Africa and Brazil, but which never came into Rio de Janeiro itself.