ELL. 810 ELLERY. now little used. It was originally taken in some vagiio way from the arm, and hence has been used to denote very different lengths. The Latin ulna appears to have denoted sometimes the measure from the elbow to the tips of the fingers, sometimes that between the outstretched hands. The English ell, as a measure of cloth, is equal to five (juartors of a yard. ELLAGIC ACID, el-hlj'Ik as'id (arbitrarily transposed from Fr. riallr, gallnut, as being a derivative of gallic acid). CH/V A wliite crystalline substance contained in the bezoar stones found in the antelope. It may be pro- duced by tlic oxichition of gallic aciil. ELLAND, erbind. A town in the West Hid- ing of Yorkshire, England, on the Calder, three miles south-southeast of Halifa.x (Maj): Eng- land, K .■)). Its chief industry is the manufac- ture of woolens. In the neighborhood are valu- able stone-quarries. Po])ulation, in 1001, 10,400. ELrLENBOROUGH, EmvAnn Law, first Baron ( 17.")() ISIS I . An English lawyer and jurist. Lord Chief .Justice from 1802 to 1818. He was born at Great Salkeld, Cumberland, was educated at the C^liartcrhouse and at I'ctcrliouse College, Camliridge. and studied law at Lincoln's Inn. He began to practice law as a special pleader in 177."!, was called to the bar in 1780, and made a King's counsel in 1787. In the year following he was leading coiuisel for Warren Hastings in the hitter's impeachment trial before the House of Lords. In 1793 he was appointed Attorncy-Cieneral for the County Palatine of Lancaster, and as one of the Crown attorneys assisted at the prosecution in many famous trials, including those of Lord Oeorge Gordon and Home Tooke. In 1801 he was appointed Attorney- General in the Addington Cabinet, and was elected to the House of Commons. In April. 1802, he was apjiointed to succeed Lord Kcnyon as Lord Chief Justice of England, at the same time being raised to the peerage under the title of Baron Ellenborough. His action in entering the Ministry of 'All the Talents' in 180(1 gave rise to niucli adverse criticism, the only precedent of a jndgi' liolding political odice being that of Lord Mansfield. His fame as a legislator rests for the most part on the 'Ellenborough act' — since repealed — by which ten new capital felonies were created. Although a man of great legal knowledge aid sterling integrity, be was quick- tempered and of violent prejudices, character- istics which have greatly affected his standing as a jurist. Consult Campbell. Liics of the Chief Juxticrs of Kmildiid (London. 18.i7). ELLENBOROUGH, KnWARn Law. first Earl of (l7!i(l-IS7n. An Knglish statesman. He was the son of Baron Ellenborough, and was educate<l at I'^ton and at Saint .lolin's (>)llcge, Cambriilge, where he graduated in 1800. He was Lord Privy Seal in the Duke of Wellington's ad- ministration ( 1828-29) , and in 1841 was appoint- ed Governor-Cieneral of India. His policy was disj)leasing to the directors of the East India Company and he was recalled. The Ministr.v. however, stood by him, and he was created by the Crown an earl and a viscount. In the Derby ad- ministration of 1858 he was president of the Board of Control. Having permitted a dispatch to be made public in which he had administered a severe and caustic rebuke to Lord Canning. Oov- ernor-Oencral of India, an outerv was raised against him which compelled him to resign. He remained out of ollice until his death, though he continued to be the foremost orator in the House of Lords. ELLENRIEDEB, cl'Ifn-re'dfr, Marie (1791- ISO.'!). A tiernnin painter, born at Constance. She sttulied at the Academy of Munich, under ICinsle, the painter of miniatures, and completed her education at Hdiiic. under Overbeck. In 1S29 she was appointed Court painter to the Grand Duke of Baden. She resiiled at Constance, where she died, .Tune 5. 18()3. Most of her works were portraits and altarpieces. Among the best are a "Virgin and Child" (1824): a "Saint Kelicitas," in jjossession of the King of England; a ".Marv in a Bower of Roses." in the Mtiseum of Karlsruhe. Her heads of wonu>n and children are graceful, but her color is grav. dull, and sombre. She also etched twcntv-four ])lates, afti'r Overbeck, l!end)randt, Titian, and others. ELa-ENSBURG. A city and the county-seat of Kittitas County. Wash., 127 miles ea.st b_T south of Tacoma ; on the Yakima River, and ou the Northern Pacific Railroad (Map: Washing- ton, E 2 ) . A .State normal school is located here. The city has good water-|)Ower, and valu- able mineral deposits in the vicinity, and carries on a considcral)le trade in live stock and agricul- tural produce. There arc grist and saw mills, a foundry, gluve-factory, creameries, etc. Popula- tion, in ISOO. 2708; in 1000. 1737. ELOiENVILLE. A village in Ulster County, X. ¥., 100 miles north by east of Xew Y'ork City; on the Ellenvillc and Kingston and the Xew York. Ontario and Western railroails (Map: Xew York, F 4). It is picturesqtiely situated in the miilst of the Shawangunk Jlonntains. It has finely shaded streets, lighted with electricity, and a large business (piarter. It is a popular >nnuner resort, and is provided with a public lil)rary. Ulster Seminary is situated here. The village has bluestone quarries. Kllenville was formerly a busy manufacturing and commercial centre. ' Population, in 1800. 28S1 ; in 1000, 2879. ELTLERY, RoHEUT Lewis .Ioiix (1827 — ). An English astrononu'r, born at Cranleigh, Sur- rey. In I8">1 he went to Australia, where two years later he erected an astronomical observa- tory at 'ictoria, and from IS.'iti to IS74 he con- ducted the geodetic survey of that colony. I'nder his direction the observator.v foinuled by him (sub- sequentl.y removed to Melbourne) ])ublished about thirty volumes of meteorological and .several vol- mnes of astronomical observations. He was president of the Royal Society of 'ictoria for twenty-three years, retiring from public life in ISO."). ' ELLERY, WiLUA.i (1727-1820). A signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was born in Newport. R. L. graduated at Harvard in 1747, was engaged as a merchant in Ne))ort for sev- eral years, then acted as naval agent for the Colony, and afterwards practiced law. From 1770 to 1780. with the exception of the years 1780 and 1782, he was a member of the Con- tinental Congress, and served on the Marine Com- mittee and the Board of .Xdmiraltv. Subsequent- ly he served for several years as commissioner of the Continental Loan Ofilee for Rhode Island, and from 1700 until his death was collector of the customs for the District of XVwport. Con- sult Sparks's Lihrnn/ of American ISiography, vol. vi. (Boston. 1830).
