Strange case of "such as seldom"

Excerpt from the book about Paul Morphy and his visit to Birmingham:

The cheers with which he was received were such as seldom came from others than Englishmen.

I'm having a hard time understanding what it actually means. Only Englishmen have the habit of cheering someone the way they cheered Morphy?

And doesn't the grammatical structure of the cheers were came seem a little strange?

The cheers with which he was received were such (= like those/of a type) as [those which] seldom came from others (= other nationalities) than Englishmen.

The cheers with which he was received were of a type which rarely come from anyone but Englishmen.