As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 17, 2006
                                                           811-4656

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  FORM N-8A/A

          AMENDMENT TO NOTIFICATION OF REGISTRATION FILED PURSUANT TO
              SECTION 8(a) OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940


      The undersigned investment company hereby amends its notification of
registration filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
provisions of Section 8(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, and in
connection with such amendment to notification of registration submits to the
following information:

Name:   Ellsworth Fund Ltd. (as successor to: Ellsworth Fund, Inc.,
        formerly known as Ellsworth Convertible Growth and Income Fund, Inc.)

Address of Principal Business Office:
	65 Madison Avenue, Suite 550
        Morristown, NJ 07960

Telephone Number:   (973) 631-1177

Name and Address of Agent for Service of Process:

	Thomas H. Dinsmore
        Ellsworth Fund Ltd.
	65 Madison Avenue, Suite 550
        Morristown, NJ  07960

Check Appropriate Box:

      Registrant is filing a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 8(b) of
the Investment Company Act of 1940 concurrently with the filing of form N8-A:

YES [   ]    NO [ X ]

      Effective as of the later of: 4:05 p.m. on February 17, 2006; or the time
of acceptance for record of the Articles of Merger by the State Department of
Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the "Effective Time"), Ellsworth Fund,
Inc. (formerly known as Ellsworth Convertible Growth and Income Fund, Inc), a
Maryland corporation (the "Predecessor Registrant") will be merged with and
into Ellsworth Fund Ltd., a Delaware statutory trust (the "Registrant").  The
Registrant hereby expressly adopts the Notification of Registration on Form N-
8A of the Predecessor Registrant, as amended hereby, as its own, effective as
of the Effective Time, for all purposes of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended.

      Item 1.	Exact name of registrant.

                Ellsworth Fund Ltd.

      Item 2.   Name of state under the laws of which registrant was organized
                or created and the date of such organization or creation.

                The Registrant was organized on October 18, 2005 in the State
                of Delaware.

      Item 3.   Form of organization of registrant (for example, corporation,
                partnership, trust, joint stock company, association, fund).

                The Registrant is organized as a Delaware statutory trust.

      Item 4.   Classification of registrant (face-amount certificate company,
                unit investment trust, or management company).

                The Registrant is classified as a management company.

      Item 5.   If registrant is a management company:

          (a)   state whether registrant is a "closed-end" company or an
                "open-end" company;

                The Registrant is a closed-end management investment company.

          (b)   state whether registrant is registering as a "diversified"
                company or a "non-diversified" company (read Instruction 4(i)
                carefully before replying).

                The Registrant is a diversified closed-end management
                investment company.

       Item 6.  Name and address of each investment adviser of registrant.

                Davis-Dinsmore Management Company,
                65 Madison Ave., Suite 550
                Morristown, NJ 07960.

       Item 7.  If registrant is an investment company having a board of
                directors, state the name and address of each officer and
                director of registrant.

                The Registrant's trustees are:
                Gordon F. Ahalt, Elizabeth C. Bogan, Thomas H. Dinsmore,
                Donald M. Halsted, Duncan O. McKee, Robert J. McMullan,
                Jane D. O'Keeffe and Nicolas W. Platt.


                The Registrant's officers are:

                Thomas H. Dinsmore         Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
                Jane D. O'Keeffe           President
                Gary I. Levine             Executive Vice President, Chief
                                            Financial Officer & Secretary
                H. Tucker Lake             Vice President
                Joshua P. Lake             Treasurer & Assistant Secretary
                Germaine Ortiz             Vice President
                Mercedes A. Pierre         Vice President & Chief Compliance
                                            Officer


                The business address of each trustee and officer is:

                Ellsworth Fund Ltd.
                65 Madison Avenue, Suite 550
                Morristown, NJ 07960

       Item 8.  If registrant is an unincorporated investment company not
                having a board of directors:

           (a)  state the name and address of each sponsor of registrant;

                NOT APPLICABLE.

           (b)  state the name and address of each officer and director of each
                sponsor of registrant;

                NOT APPLICABLE.

           (c)  state the name and address of each trustee and each custodian
                of registrant.

                NOT APPLICABLE.

       Item 9.

           (a)  State whether registrant is currently issuing and offering
                its securities directly to the public (yes or no).

                No.

           (b)  If registrant is currently issuing and offering its securities
                to the public through an underwriter, state the name and
                address of such underwriter.

                NOT APPLICABLE.

           (c)  If the answer to Item 9(a) is "no" and the answer to Item 9(b)
                is "not applicable," state whether registrant presently
                proposes to make a public offering of its securities
                (yes or no).

                No.

           (d)  State whether registrant has any securities currently issued
                and outstanding (yes or no).

                Yes.

           (e)  If the answer to Item 9(d) is "yes," state as of a date not to
                exceed ten days prior to the filing of this notification of
                registration the number of beneficial owners of registrant's
                outstanding securities (other than short-term paper) and the
                name of any company owning 10 percent or more of registrant's
                outstanding voting securities.

                As of February 16, 2006, the Registrant had 1 beneficial owner
                of its outstanding voting securities.  The name of the company
                owning 10% or more of the Registrant's outstanding voting
                securities is Ellsworth Fund, Inc. (formerly known as Ellsworth
                Convertible Growth and Income Fund, Inc).

      Item 10.  State the current value of registrant's total assets.

                As of February 16, 2006, the Registrant had $10.00 in total
                assets.

      Item 11.  State whether registrant has applied or intends to apply for a
                license to operate as a small business investment company under
                the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (yes or no).

                No.

      Item 12.  Attach as an exhibit a copy of the registrant's last regular
                periodic report to its securityholders, if any.

                The Registrant has not issued any periodic reports to
                shareholders. The Predecessor Registrant's last regular
                periodic report is attached as Exhibit A.


                                 SIGNATURES
                                 ----------

Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the
registrant has caused this amendment to notification of registration to be duly
signed on its behalf in the City of Morristown and State of New Jersey on the
17th day of February, 2006.

                            ELLSWORTH FUND LTD.


     /s/ Jane D. O'Keeffe                          /s/ Gary I. Levine
     -----------------------------         Attest:   --------------------------
   By:  Jane D. O'Keeffe                            By: Gary I. Levine
        President